Alexander County Schools board approves three budget amendments totaling $443,440, including $308,000 SRO grant
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The Alexander County Schools board approved three budget amendments — $19,997 to teacher performance bonuses, $115,443 for capital outlay bus lease payments and $308,000 for a school resource officer grant — following staff presentation and a board vote.
The Alexander County Schools board approved three budget amendments at its first 2026 meeting that together add $443,440 to district accounts, including a $308,000 grant for school resource officers.
A district presenter outlined the amendments: Amendment No. 4 is an increase of $19,997 from the state public school fund to the teacher performance bonus; Amendment No. 5 allocates $115,443 in the capital outlay fund from the Department of Public Instruction for lease payments for yellow school buses; and a fund-specific amendment provides $308,000 in revenue for an SRO (school resource officer) grant. “We have, 3 budget amendments to present tonight,” the presenter said during the item.
After the presentation the board voted to approve the three amendments in a single motion. The motion was moved and seconded and the chair called for the vote; the board approved the amendments.
The CFO, Sharon Mahaffey, was not present for the meeting and a staff member presented the amendments on her behalf. The record lists the funding sources as the state public school fund and funds from the Department of Public Instruction, and identifies the largest new allocation as the SRO grant to be recorded in Fund 8.
The approvals were taken as routine business; the board did not specify separate roll-call tallies in the public transcript. The amendments will appear in the district’s financial records and be reflected in future budget reports to the board.