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Brunswick supervisors approve $250,000 transfer to schools' operating budget
Summary
The Board of Supervisors approved a one-time $250,000 transfer from the Brunswick County Public Schools capital account to the FY25 operating budget to cover special-education costs, campus-safety software, teacher licensure support and water-accessibility work; one board member opposed the motion.
The Brunswick County Board of Supervisors voted at its December meeting to transfer $250,000 from the schools’ capital account into the Brunswick County Public Schools FY25 operating budget to cover increased special-education costs, purchase campus-safety software and fund local grant matches and other operating needs.
Brunswick County Public Schools’ finance representative told the board the district has expended $10,117,000 from its categorical budget and received $6,898,000 in revenues for FY25 as of November and that the system’s ADM (average daily membership) used to set the budget was 1,310 while current ADM is 1,307. The representative said the capital account carries funds from prior years and that about $650,000 remains in the account.
The transfer was presented as a one-time move to address a previously identified shortfall and to allow completion of critical projects including special-education services, the purchase of a safe-campus software program, local matches for e-rate and VPSA grants, teacher coursework and supports for water-accessibility work at Maher and Powelton. The school representative said, “We have approximately 650,000 in that account. We’re just asking to transfer the $250,000.”
After brief discussion clarifying the capital-account source and purpose, an unidentified supervisor made the motion to approve and another seconded. During the vote one board member registered opposition; the motion carried.
The board and schools staff did not provide an itemized breakdown beyond the categories discussed at the meeting. The transfer takes effect for the current fiscal year and staff indicated the funds are intended to be a one-time remedy for the operational shortfall; no additional recurring funding was approved at the meeting.
