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Kilgore ISD board approves audit and calendar, approves Chromebook purchase and property buy; votes 4-2 not to implement Senate Bill 11 daily prayer/time
Summary
At its Feb. 23 meeting the Kilgore ISD Board accepted an unmodified audit for year ending 08/31/2025, adopted the 2026-27 academic calendar (option C), approved a $228,125 Chromebook purchase and several other contracts, and voted 4-2 to decline implementing Senate Bill 11's provision creating time for prayer and religious text reading.
The Kilgore ISD Board of Trustees at its Feb. 23 meeting accepted the district's annual audit for the fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 2025, received a presentation that reported an unmodified opinion and discussed fund balances and timing-related budget findings, then voted to approve the financial report.
External auditors reported a general fund balance of about $26.8 million, a capital projects fund balance near $49.9 million and some timing-related overexpenditures that the auditor described as a common year-end budget-amendment issue; the board approved the audit and the annual financial report by voice vote (motion recorded as carried 6-0).
In other business, the board adopted the district's recommended 2026-27 academic calendar (option C). Administration described the…
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