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Board approves federal funding snapshot, handbooks and travel for national student competitions
Summary
Tularosa board approved a state pilot federal unified application (allocations snapshot including IDEA funds), accepted handbook revisions, and authorized out-of-state travel for students to national competitions in Indianapolis; motions carried by voice votes.
The Tularosa Municipal Schools board voted to approve the state's pilot federal unified application and related allocations for federal programs, including special education funding typically provided through IDEA, and approved handbook revisions and travel requests for student competitions.
During the meeting the superintendent told the board staff provided a snapshot of allocations from the pilot unified application and explained that the state is still rolling out a printing option for the consolidated application. "This is what we're asking for," the superintendent said, adding that the district documents how it intends to spend allocated funds for staff salaries, student intervention, software, supplies and equipment.
The board also approved the district's IDEA allocations (recorded in materials as "IDA") that pay for special education staffing and adaptive programming. The superintendent explained these federal funds supplement salaries and fund services for special education students.
On policy and handbooks, the board approved NSBA/NMSA policy service advisory 273 (employee assistance) and advisory 274 (public's right to know). The board reviewed student and staff handbooks for TIS and TES; a key substantive change to the TES handbook added a definition and consequences for illegal entry and larceny on page 22. The board approved the handbooks with the corrections discussed on the floor.
Board members also approved out-of-state travel requests for student groups to attend national competitions in Indianapolis. A motion to approve travel was made and seconded and carried by voice vote.
Votes at a glance: agenda, check register (April 2026), April 8 minutes, May stipends, federal unified application, IDEA allocations, policy advisories 273 and 274, student/staff handbooks (with revisions), and out-of-state travel were all approved by voice votes during the meeting. The transcript does not record named vote tallies for each roll call, only that motions carried with "I" (ayes).
The board discussed several BARs to align budgeted funds with audit cash balances, a NextGen CTE award for work-study, adjustments to IDEA budgets and a grant to add cameras on newer school buses, though the BAR adjustments were presented for information and no separate vote was recorded in the transcript excerpt.
The board did not specify dollar amounts for most grants and allocations in the public discussion; the superintendent said the packet includes allocation snapshots. The meeting packet listed quotes from White Sands Construction and National Construction for a separate facilities item that the board later tabled.
