Board approves two budget resolutions, including $25,000 grant for guidance counselors
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The board approved two budget resolutions 8–0: one adjusts health services contracting/equipment and the other accepts a $25,000 state grant applied for by Joyce Christopher to support guidance counseling staff and retention efforts.
The Benton County Board of Education approved two budget resolutions by unanimous roll-call vote.
The first resolution addresses health services contracting and equipment needs. The second resolution accepts a $25,000 grant that Joyce Christopher applied for to support guidance counselors; speakers described the funds as extra support to improve retention and staffing in guidance services. "That $25,000, that's a grant that Miss Joyce Christopher applied for for our guidance counselors ... that's just extra funding for them," a district presenter said.
Board members thanked Joyce Christopher for securing the grant; both resolutions were moved, seconded and approved with an 8–0 roll call. The board did not record additional conditions attached to the resolutions during the meeting.