Board approves first reading to appropriate about $107 million for school budget; second reading set for Jan. 13

Roanoke County supervisors on Dec. 16 approved the first reading of an ordinance to appropriate about $107,000,000 of available year-end funds to the 2025-26 school budget, and scheduled a second reading for Jan. 13. Em Portner summarized the action during the meeting recap.

The ordinance, presented by Roanoke County Public Schools, was introduced as a first reading and advanced by the board for final consideration on the January agenda. The transcript identifies the amount as "about $107,000,000" and ties the appropriation to available year-end funds; no further line-item breakdown or departmental allocations were specified in the summary.

Board members did not provide details of proposed spending in the recap provided in the transcript. The next formal step is the scheduled second reading on Jan. 13, at which the board may amend the ordinance or adopt it. Public comment or committee reports tied to this ordinance were not named in the transcript.