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District 5 approves $1.45M in fund-balance assignments for tutoring, behavior coaches and cybersecurity

School District 5 Board of Trustees · January 13, 2026
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Summary

After debate about process and whether a public budget hearing was required, the School District 5 board approved assignments from fund balance totaling about $1.45 million to fund tier-2 tutoring supplements, eight behavioral expectation coaches, and cybersecurity/technology needs for the remainder of the fiscal year.

The School District 5 Board of Trustees on Jan. 12 approved proposed assignments of roughly $1.45 million from the district's fund balance to support tutoring, behavioral supports and cybersecurity for the remainder of fiscal 2026.

Chief Financial Officer Heather Tucker told trustees these allocations are intended to be one-time, assigned fund-balance expenditures so programs can start immediately while administration refines offsets for the year. "So we would be asking that the board approve this $1,400,000 so we could assign that fund balance to…

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