Board approves FY24 audit, two instructional positions and surplus of three buses; routine consent business passes

The Bentonville School District Board of Education on Jan. 21 approved several financial and staffing actions, including acceptance of the fiscal year 2024 audit, authorization to surplus three school buses for sale, and approval of two full-time instructional positions for the 2025–26 school year.

Audit: Landmark CPAs presented the district’s audit report and issued an unmodified opinion on the regulatory basis of accounting. Eric Hoyt of Landmark CPAs told the board, “We gave an unmodified opinion on the regulatory basis, which is basically a clean opinion.” The board then voted to accept the audit report. Roll-call votes recorded at the meeting show Tatum, Willie, Jennifer Faddis and Kelly voting yes; the motion passed.

Budget and fleet: District finance staff reported midyear budget figures and recommended the surplus of three aging buses for sale on govdeals.com. Staff said the district’s operating revenues exceeded expenditures by $16.8 million so far in the year and that the general fund…