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Cheatham County School Board approves FY26 budgets and $1.2 million textbook fund balance transfer
Summary
The Cheatham County School Board approved multiple fund-balance transfers and FY26 budgets, including a $1.2 million transfer for K–12 science textbooks and early-literacy kits and balanced budgets for food services, extended-school programs, capital projects and the general-purpose fund.
Cheatham County School Board approved several fund-balance transfers and adopted its fiscal year 2026 budgets for multiple funds during its meeting, voting unanimously to move the measures forward.
The board approved a $1,200,000 fund-balance transfer to purchase K–12 science textbooks and early-literacy kits, a $400,000 transfer to support school nutrition cash flow and a $486,000 fund-balance allocation to support an SESI contract for one classroom in fiscal year 2026. The board also adopted balanced FY26 budgets for food services (Fund 143), the extended-school program, capital projects (Fund 177) and the general-purpose operating fund (Fund 141). Board members voted in favor in roll-call votes; the measures passed with no recorded dissent.
The $1.2 million transfer is expressly earmarked for the district's K–12 science adoption and early-literacy kits; the board approved the transfer and noted it would use any remaining approved fund-balance amounts…
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