The Clinton City Schools board approved a set of policy clarifications covering internal school fund salary supplements, charter-school application procedures, and expense/reimbursement rules.

Mr. Ray told the board that internal school funds (the accounts held at each school) may not be used to pay salary supplements and recommended the board disclose supplements of $500 or more in the financial statements, with smaller amounts exempted from disclosure consistent with prior practice. He explained that when overtime or fundraising-related costs occur, the board will pay and then be reimbursed from internal funds to preserve clear accounting at the school level.

The board also approved two policy revisions on first and second reading: one to establish procedures to handle a charter school application if one is received and another to allow limited payment of sales tax for emergency or minimal purchases when tax exemption is not practicable, with safeguards to prevent routine use. The changes were presented as modest rewordings of existing policies and carried on the motion.

What happens next: the district will implement the disclosure floor for supplements and update policy documents; staff will continue to use purchase orders and purchase-exemption processes for larger or recurring purchases.