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Monroe County Board of Education approves July 2025 budget amendments, reschedules November meeting
Summary
At a brief meeting, the Monroe County Board of Education approved July 2025 budget amendments, approved minutes from June 12, and changed its November meeting date from Nov. 13 to Nov. 20.
The Monroe County Board of Education approved a set of July 2025 budget amendments, accepted minutes from its June 12, 2025 regular meeting and moved its November 2025 meeting from Nov. 13 to Nov. 20 during a meeting in July.
Board members adopted the meeting agenda at the start of the session. The board then voted to approve the July 2025 budget amendments after brief discussion about the district’s fund balance and contingency use should federal grant funding be delayed.
Board members approved the minutes from the June 12, 2025 regular board meeting as presented.
The board also considered the 2025–26 meeting calendar after a conflict was raised with the Tennessee School Boards Association (TSBA) annual convention. By unanimous consent the board moved the November meeting from Nov. 13 to Nov. 20.
Votes at a glance
- Adopt agenda — mover: Mark (board member); second: Sharon (board member); outcome: carried (voice vote).
- Approve July 2025 budget amendments — mover: not specified; second: Joe (board member); outcome: carried (voice vote). Board members discussed that the district’s fund balance exists for emergency use if federal grant money is delayed.
- Approve minutes of 06/12/2025 regular meeting — mover: Mark (board member); second: John (board member); outcome: carried (voice vote).
- Update Monroe County Board of Education 2025–26 meeting calendar (move Nov. 13 → Nov. 20) — mover: Chairman (not specified); second: Joe (board member); outcome: carried (voice vote).
The meeting opened with a routine declaration of conflicts under Tennessee Code Annotated §49-2-202, during which board members certified they would vote in the best interest of the school system despite any familial relationships described by the statute. The meeting then proceeded through routine business and adjourned after approval of the items listed above.
