Lunenburg County supervisors approve $4.49 million in school supplemental appropriations
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Summary
The Board approved requests from the School Board to appropriate $4,489,676 in grants, carryover and construction funds for FY2025, including $1.44 million in state funds for the Central High School renovation; other supplemental items will be advertised for public hearings in March.
Mrs. Jessica Nowlin, a school official, presented the Lunenburg County Public Schools' monthly report and asked the Board of Supervisors to appropriate an additional $4,489,676 to the FY2025 School Board budget. She reported the current average daily membership (ADM) at 1,484, noted 133 students were being homeschooled and 32 children claimed religious exemptions, and said the final ADM count is due to the state by March 31.
Administrator Tracy M. Gee told the Board that six supplemental appropriations had been submitted by the School Board; several total more than one percent of the county budget and therefore require public hearings. The Board approved Supplemental Appropriation FY2025 #2 — a reappropriation of $313,715 in local funds and $1,439,108 in state funds designated for the Central High School renovation — moving the revised school budget figures as presented.
Supervisor T. Wayne Hoover moved to approve Supplemental Appropriation FY2025 #2; Supervisor Mike Hankins seconded the motion, and the Board approved it unanimously. The Board also voted to advertise Supplemental Appropriations FY2025 #3–#6 for public hearing, as required for appropriations exceeding the one-percent threshold.
The Board rescinded a prior motion related to Supplemental Appropriation FY2025 #1 after discussion, and the Finance Committee reported that recent coordination with the School Finance team had improved information flow ahead of the budget season. Administrator Gee said the March meeting will include the public hearing on the school supplemental appropriations.
The Board's actions will adjust county and school fund accounting as presented; specific line-item distributions and the outcome of the scheduled public hearings will determine final appropriations and any subsequent budget amendments.