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Board approves FY26 operating budget; notes county bus funding may be cut and raises substitute pay
Summary
The Washington County Board of Education voted unanimously April 15 to adopt its FY26 general fund operating budget while flagging that a county capital allocation of $2,240,000 for replacement buses may be removed by the Board of County Commissioners, and the board approved a pay increase for regular substitute teachers funded by a reduction to OPEB.
The Washington County Board of Education voted unanimously April 15 to adopt its FY26 general fund operating budget, while acknowledging the budget may need revision if Washington County government removes a proposed $2,240,000 capital allocation for replacement school buses.
Board members approved the budget with edits from an April 8 budget work session. Board leaders said the Board of County Commissioners’ chief financial officer emailed the school system on the morning of April 15 to say the bus purchase may be cut; the board noted the possibility and said it could revise the approved FY26 budget later if the county acts.
Why it matters: The budget funds day‑to‑day operations across the county’s schools. A removal of the bus allocation would require the board and staff to reallocate or remove planned purchases and could prompt a future vote to revise the…
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