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Board approves FY26 budget amendment to reflect carryovers and updated grants
Summary
The board approved an FY26 budget amendment that moves building carryovers (~$546,312.51) back to schools, reflects department adjustments (~$3,618,942.14), reclassifies certain technology purchases to capital, and incorporates roughly $4.2 million in finalized grants; some grant awards were reduced from prior estimates.
The Independence 30 Board of Education approved an FY26 budget amendment presented by Marty Gardner that updates the adopted budget to reflect year‑end carryovers, finalized grant awards and departmental adjustments.
Gardner said building supply carryovers of about $546,312.51 were returned to schools for use this year and department adjustments totaled roughly $3,618,942.14 to cover operational and facility needs identified since the original budget. Capital technology adjustments reclassified appropriate technology purchases to capital accounts, and facility adjustments included furniture, contracted services, security cameras, lighting upgrades, locker‑room renovations, classroom reconfigurations and perimeter fencing around a high‑school football field. The amendment also incorporated updated grant awards of approximately $4.2 million and the closeout of federally funded Head Start grants that cross fiscal years.
Gardner noted some grant reductions: a previously referenced CTE enhancement allocation (reported earlier in the process as over $300,000) was reduced to about $34,000 in the finalized award. Administration said restricted donations and foundation grants included in the amendment remain restricted to their intended purposes.
Board members asked clarifying questions about whether these adjustments change total district revenue or merely reallocate existing funds; administration said the amendment primarily aligns spending and revenue accounts to finalized grants and carryovers and that new grants will increase both revenue and expenditures when received.
The motion to approve the FY26 amendment passed on a voice vote.
