Votes at a glance: board approves multiple contracts, policies and budget items

The Shelby County Board of Education approved multiple consent‑agenda items, policy revisions and budget actions during the meeting. The items below summarize each formal action, the vote outcome and key details recorded in the public meeting.

Policy second readings (formal approval)

- Policies approved on second reading: 0000 (board meetings), 0002 (board member qualifications and election), 0004 (board officers and duties), 0005 (method and election of board offices), 0012 (board policy development, adoption, dissemination, and review), 0016 (orientation of school board candidate), 0017 (board conference travel), 0025 (constituent services), and 6024 (student suicide prevention). The meeting record notes the board previously suspended rules for policy 6024 (cell phone/personal communication devices) on first reading. A roll call recorded seven ayes for the second‑reading package when taken earlier in the meeting (recorded vote in transcript). (Vote recorded: 7 ayes on the second‑reading policy package as read.)

Consent agenda and contracts (selected items)

The consent agenda was taken with multiple items approved by roll call (nine ayes). Notable approved items included:

- 11.1: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Inc. STEMM partnership MOU — no dollar amount specified. (approved) - 11.2: Strategic partners in literacy MOU — $91,883.04. (approved) - 11.3: Reading Horizons (dyslexia intervention) — initially removed from consent and discussed separately; later approved by roll call (see the Reading Horizons article for details). (approved) - 11.4: Dual enrollment MOUs with Tennessee College of Applied Technology, Tennessee Tech, University of Memphis and Southwest Tennessee Community College — no dollar amount specified. (approved) - 11.5: Memphis Symphony Orchestra Inc. — $98,800. (approved) - 11.6: Save the Music Foundation grant to Craigmont High School — $58,300. (approved) - 11.9: Lamar No College and Hollis F. Price Middle College High School — $175,000. (approved) - 11.11: Pre‑ACT assessment — $345,835. (approved) - 11.12: OpenText Inc. — $88,748. (approved) - 11.13: B4PLY Inc. (Treadwell schools) — no dollar amount; extension of completion date to 10/18/2025. (approved) - 11.14: Naming of Fairley High School Auditorium after Pastor Robert J. Matthews. (approved) - 11.15: Donation acceptance for Middle College High School — $57,669.80. (approved) - 11.16: ProTape Professional Technologies Inc. — $612,337.73. (approved) - 11.17: LineVee Systems US Inc. — $147,952.18. (approved) - 11.18: Emergency Medical Resources PLLC — $15,000. (approved) - 11.19: Resolution approving fiscal year August 2025 budget amendment and assignment of general fund balance. (approved)

How the board voted on the consent agenda and related motions

- Consent agenda (including the listed contracts and MOUs): roll call recorded nine ayes; motion passed. Later the board voted on a separate budget amendment/resolution and other items via roll call, with vote counts recorded in the public minutes.

Strategic school fund allocations

- The board approved allocations from the board’s Strategic School Fund (amount cited in meeting: $105,700). The roll call on this item recorded eight ayes and one abstention (Board Member McKinney abstained). The motion passed.

Budget amendment and other fiscal actions

- The board approved a fiscal year August 2025 budget amendment and assignment of general fund balance as part of the consent agenda. (Vote: roll call; motion passed.)

Notes and next steps

- Several consent items included dollar amounts and contract terms that will be available in the official contract documents and board docket. Board members asked staff to ensure policy items are posted in the policy manual and that newly adopted policies and contracts be made available on BoardDocs and the district website where appropriate.