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Board approves budget amendments and IDEA/ESEA consolidated application; director reports enrollment and summer programs
Summary
The Monroe County Board approved June 2025 budget amendments and a consolidated IDEA/ESEA application, adopted the 2025–26 meeting calendar, and heard a director's report showing enrollment at 4,830 and summer feeding distributions to 3,776 families.
The Monroe County Board of Education approved routine business including June 2025 budget amendments, the 2025–26 meeting calendar, and a consolidated IDEA/ESEA application for 2025–26.
A motion to approve the June budget amendments, described by finance staff as largely year-end cleanups, passed after members discussed an apparent transportation overage and asked staff to bring route and budget details to a future workshop. Finance staff cautioned that final transportation bills had not yet been paid and exact overage figures were not available.
The board also approved the minutes of the May 8, 2025 meeting and adopted a meeting calendar that schedules regular meetings on the second Thursday of each month (except May 2026, which will be the first Thursday because of graduations).
Staff presented the consolidated IDEA/ESEA application. The director and project staff said the budgets were prepared assuming the same federal funding levels as last year, but final federal confirmations were pending. "We still don't officially have any of that, at least on the ESEA side," one staff member said, adding that Title I funding is typically the largest and that they were awaiting final notice from the U.S. Department of Education.
In the director's report, the director reported ending enrollment for the year at 4,830 students, down 128 from the start of the year. Summer camp programs and the federally funded summer feeding distribution are underway: 3,776 families picked up a week's worth of meals, totaling 26,432 breakfasts and 26,423 lunches to date. The director also noted a fully funded GEAR UP grant opportunity administered by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission and thanked staff for work on recent evaluations. The board acknowledged Shelly's departure from central office finance and welcomed Casey as a returning staff member to support finance operations.
The meeting closed after board members noted the lack of public attendance and adjourned by voice vote.
