School board approves multiple budget amendments including opioid-recovery and bonus payment adjustments

The Bledsoe County Board of Education voted unanimously on Oct. 13, 2025 to approve several budget amendments grouped under General Purpose: 141. Finance Director Kara Walling presented Amendment Nos. 2–7 covering a Certified Athletic Training Grant (supplies and materials), adjustments to the Voluntary Pre-K (VPK) and ISM budgets to match state-approved budgets, an amendment for overspent line items, a Public Schools Opioid Recovery Trust Grant, and an amendment to account for a bonus payment that was not paid in FY25 for teachers.

Board members approved the package of amendments on a motion by Mr. Steve Perry, seconded by Mr. Don Snow. The minutes record a unanimous vote with no abstentions. The meeting minutes provide titles and purposes for the amendments but do not list dollar amounts, expected fiscal impact, or which line items will change.

Because the minutes omit dollar figures, the board’s approval authorizes staff to implement the listed adjustments without public detail on the budgetary magnitude. The board did not record questions about funding sources beyond the named grants and state-approved budget matches. Any specific allocation amounts or subsequent budget reports were not included in the minutes.

The board’s action allows the district to align local accounting with state budgets and grant requirements and to process the teacher bonus correction for the prior fiscal year; staff will need to record the specific ledger changes and report those amounts in future financial summaries.

Minutes supporting this action are recorded under Item 4 of the Oct. 13 agenda.