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Ben Hill County board adopts tentative FY25 budget, keeps current dress code and approves handbooks
Summary
The board approved a tentative balanced FY25 budget (expenditures near $36.93 million), voted to keep the existing student dress code (no districtwide uniform), and approved K–12 and preschool handbooks for 2024–25.
The Ben Hill County Board of Education approved a tentative balanced budget for fiscal year 2025, maintained the current student dress code rather than adopting uniforms, and approved the 2024–25 student and preschool handbooks.
CFO staff reported small positive adjustments to revenue and a projected balanced budget; the chair recorded expenditures at about $36,931,195 as the working figure. The board voted to accept the tentative FY25 budget after the final allotment and a modest revenue projection from the local tax assessor were incorporated.
On student dress code, district staff reviewed community input and cost concerns. Staff recommended retaining the existing dress code for 2024–25 because parents raised cost issues and principals concluded uniforms would not meaningfully reduce violence. The board approved the handbooks, added a clear-book-bag requirement for pre-K through 12, and added a specific prom/dance dress code.
The board also approved routine subscriptions and memberships the district uses for governance: a $13,600 GSBA assembly software subscription, $8,226 in GSBA dues, and a $750 policy-alert subscription to keep district policies current with legislative changes.
Votes on budget, handbooks and memberships were taken by voice; the transcript records "Aye" votes but does not show member-by-member tallies.
