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Hardeman County board adopts textbooks, multiple TSBA policies and budget amendments including $100,000 tutoring grant
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Summary
The Hardeman County School Board approved lifetime wellness and computer science textbook adoptions, adopted several TSBA model policies and several budget amendments, and accepted a $100,000 tutoring and literacy grant; motions passed by voice vote with no roll-call tallies recorded.
The Hardeman County School Board approved a package of academic and administrative measures at its most recent meeting, endorsing textbook adoptions, several Tennessee School Boards Association (TSBA) model policies and budget amendments, including a $100,000 tutoring and literacy grant intended to support English-language arts instruction.
Board action came after committee recommendations and brief discussion. The board voted to adopt the recommended lifetime wellness and computer science textbooks for the 2025–26 adoption cycle; Mister Adam Wilson made the motion to approve and a colleague seconded. The Chair called for ayes and the motion was declared carried by voice vote.
The board also reviewed and approved policy changes adopted from TSBA’s model policy set. The board approved policy 1.404 (appearances before the board) with agreed changes; it then approved a package of TSBA-recommended policies including 5.114, 5.302, 5.4, 5.606, 5.68 and 6401 after motions on the floor. The Chair indicated these were reviewed in the work session and moved forward for board approval; the motions were passed by voice vote.
Administrators presented an operations amendment that included proposed increases in disposal (dumpster) fees and utility cost adjustments. The budget presentation highlighted approximately $25,000 in additional natural gas expense compared with the prior year and about $55,000 in increased water and sewer costs, partly the result of late or delinquent bills carried into the current year. The board discussed fund-balance impacts before the Chair moved the amendment and announced the motion carried.
The board approved a $100,000 tutoring and literacy grant intended to provide contracted services, materials and coaching to support ELA teachers, described by staff as providing high-quality instructional materials and co-teaching/coaching supports. Board members asked clarifying questions about the grant’s purpose and providers during the presentation; staff said teachers and administrators had been satisfied with the contracted services used in pilot work.
Votes recorded in the meeting were made by voice ("all in favor say aye") and were announced as "motion carries"; the transcript does not include a roll-call or numerical tally for these items. Where movers and seconders were spoken on the record, the meeting transcript records them (for example, the agenda motion by Mister Ross and second by Miss Carter; the textbook motion by Mister Adam Wilson). No formal opposition or abstentions were declared on the recorded items.
Next steps: the board will implement the approved textbook adoptions for the upcoming CTE adoption timeline and proceed with the budget adjustments in the district’s financial system. The evaluation committee will present its director-evaluation results at the June meeting as previously scheduled.
