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Board approves $4,900 budget amendment; discusses county nursing contract and EC enrollment
Summary
The board approved Budget Amendment No. 3 to move $4,900 of student IT fees into repairs, reviewed exceptional‑children enrollment counts, and discussed a $100,000 state grant administered by the county health department that offsets school nursing costs; staff clarified the district hires nurses and the agreement primarily funds training and offsets rather than full salaries.
The Weldon City Schools board approved a small budget amendment and spent time clarifying the school nursing funding arrangement and special‑education enrollment figures.
Finance officer Miss Kathy Kid presented the April financial report and explained fund balances, saying state funds were about 70% spent and that additional federal PRC funds were expected to arrive the following week. She introduced Budget Amendment No. 3 for local fund 8 to allocate $4,900 in student technology fees to the district’s IT repair budget; the board approved the amendment by voice vote.
Curriculum staff provided an exceptional‑children (EC) breakdown of enrolled students by category: autism (15), deafness (1), intellectual disabilities — mild (23), moderate (8), severe (1), other health impairment (16), specific learning disability (24) and speech/language impairment (23). These numbers were presented for board awareness and planning.
Board members asked about the district’s nurse contract with the county health department. Staff explained that a state grant of $100,000 flows through the county health department and offsets part of nursing support and related trainings, but it does not fully cover registered‑nurse salaries. As one staff member summarized, the arrangement is a funding agreement: the district hires the nurses as employees and the grant offsets costs rather than providing direct county staff.
Next steps: Finance will record the approved amendment in the accounting system; curriculum and HR staff will use the EC counts for staffing and program planning; staff agreed to continue monitoring grant funding and to return further details if amounts or staffing plans change.
