Canyon ISD board approves budget amendment to re-code accounts; administration says net spending unchanged
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Summary
Trustees unanimously adopted a budget amendment presented by Leila to standardize account codes across campuses. Administration said transfers reflect reclassification (subscriptions, maintenance, technology) to improve reporting; total district spending will not increase, staff said.
Leila led the board through a pre-meeting workshop and then presented a formal monthly financial report and recommended budget amendment. She said the amendment primarily reclassifies existing spending to consistent function and object codes so the district can pull comparable reports across campuses; she gave examples including subscriptions reclassified from instructional to library or software, security-related door work moved from one function to another, and a $60,000 technology placeholder moved into a more specific function once coding was clarified.
Board members asked for examples and Leila pointed to function 12 (an increase of $3,950 that was offset by reductions elsewhere) and to campus-level adjustments (Greenway Intermediate and West Plains Junior High were cited in the detail pages). Leila emphasized the net effect of the amendment is to reallocate existing budgeted funds rather than increase total spending and said delaying the coding changes would restrict campuses from accessing needed funds.
A motion to adopt the budget amendment was made and seconded; the Chair called for a show of hands and the motion passed unanimously. Trustees also approved the monthly financial report and the board moved on to other agenda items.
