Board approves year‑end transfer and December health‑care premium holiday; both motions pass unanimously

The New Kent County School Board voted unanimously Nov. 11 to approve several financial items: a year‑end transfer of the FY2025 remaining balance into the Capital Improvement Program appropriation and a December health‑care premium holiday for employees.

Miss Morgant presented the year‑end transfer, reporting a remaining balance she stated as "$192,001.19 76," which she said represented roughly 0.4% of the operating budget. The board voted to transfer the balance into a CIP holding account for capital projects.

On the health‑care premium holiday, Morgant recommended that the district cover employees' share of medical, dental and vision premiums for December, funded from the school system's self‑funded insurance account (Fund 208). "Our employees would not pay their employee share of their health care premiums for medical, dental, and vision," she said, describing the action as possible because of favorable claims experience in the fund. The board approved the holiday by unanimous roll call.

Both motions passed by unanimous votes. The board also approved the FY2027 CIP to forward to the county in the same meeting; the CIP vote was procedural to submit projects for county consideration and does not itself commit county funds.