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Committee approves routine extensions and bids, reviews budget and FEMA Ida reimbursements, hears transportation app pilot
Summary
The business committee approved a two‑year extension for the district's drug‑testing contract, awarded limestone bids, authorized a classroom‑software RFP, reviewed budget‑to‑actual reports and Hurricane Ida financials, and heard that a bus routing and parent app will be piloted before parishwide rollout.
At its March 18 business committee meeting, Lafourche Parish school officials approved several routine procurement and administrative items, reviewed the district’s budget‑to‑actual reports through Feb. 28, 2026, and received an update on Hurricane Ida reimbursements.
Actions taken by the committee included a motion to extend the district’s contract for drug‑testing services for athletes and employees for two years; staff said the vendor is a local company that provides services and community support. The committee also recommended awarding the annual limestone and crushed limestone contract to the most responsive bidder (vendor name recorded partially in the transcript as starting with "construction"); the motion carried. The committee authorized the IT department to advertise an RFP for classroom management software to replace an expiring system.
Finance staff presented the monthly budget‑to‑actual report through Feb. 28, 2026, reporting that about 68.2% of budgeted revenue had been received (the report listed a total of approximately $79.1 million) and that expenditures in some funds exceed plan. Staff said the district is currently over the 5% reserve rule and that a budget amendment will be brought before the board before June 30 to address the variance.
On disaster recovery, staff reported $163.88 million expended and encumbered for Hurricane Ida response and recovery through Feb. 28, 2026. The transcript records aggregate FEMA reimbursements of roughly $7.5 million received to date and that FEMA had obligated about $87.7 million for the district; staff said reimbursements are arriving in portions and noted the district has repaid about $20.58 million on its hurricane loan.
Transportation staff said the district has 92 full‑time drivers and eight full‑time bus monitors and plans to pilot a recently purchased routing and parent notification app on the district’s most reliable buses before a wider rollout, citing concerns that aging buses could affect the app’s accuracy.
Where motions were recorded the transcript shows committee approval (the minutes record motions as 'carried'); the transcript does not include roll‑call vote tallies for these items.
