CMCSS CFO details multi-line 2025 budget amendments, board hears but takes no vote at study session

At a Nov. 4, 2025 Clarksville-Montgomery County School System study session, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Taylor presented a resolution proposing multiple amendments to the district—s 2025 budget, including changes tied to early childhood programs, special education pre-K funding, student-support positions and an anticipated $1.5 million transportation grant.

Taylor told the board the general purpose fund revenue section shows a net increase in early childhood education of $99,416: a $102,000 voluntary pre-K amendment and a $2,619 reduction to the special-education pre-K entitlement carryover. He also reported a $2,000 increase tied to a newly awarded Healthy Students Stronger Learners grant.

On the expenditure side, Taylor said many of the changes are salary and benefit reallocations. He described reclassifying EBS teachers to behavioral interventionists, funding early-literacy pre-K stipends, and adding pay for extended learning STEM programs (including snack support). Taylor noted adjustments to benefits and object codes to align positions with the district—s current coding structure.

Taylor described an increase to alternative-school payroll projections and special-education adjustments, plus corrections that moved travel expenses into the appropriate contracted-services lines. He said changes to the Innovative Schools grant affected supplies, materials and equipment line items.

A notable item in the presentation was an increase described as $2,400,059 in other student-support salaries and $542,725 in benefits, which Taylor attributed primarily to a CCIS amendment and position changes based on program needs and updated payroll projections.

Taylor said child-nutrition revenues include a $581 USDA reimbursement tied to a required USDA study and that child-nutrition salaries and utilities were increased based on payroll and utility projections. On transportation, Taylor identified an anticipated other-state grant of $1,500,000 and corresponding expenditure increases for overtime and the purchase of transportation equipment. He also noted several small decreases tied to lower-than-expected insurance premiums.

Taylor summarized the package saying the net effect includes targeted additions to early-childhood stipends and voluntary pre-K teacher funding and that the district—s fund balance would increase by just under $174,000 based on the presented amendments.

Board members asked clarifying questions during the presentation (for example, a board member asked whether an item of $15,000 had been misstated as $18,000; Taylor corrected the figure to $15,000). No formal motion or vote was recorded in the study-session transcript; the board moved on to the next agenda item after the presentation.

What is not specified: the transcript records the presentation and clarifying questions but does not show a formal motion, a second, or any recorded vote on the proposed resolution during the study session. The text also does not include the final approved ordinance or resolution number or an explicit approval timeline.