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Board adopts FY2026–27 final budget after narrative correction; staff flags at‑risk funding drop
Summary
Trustees unanimously adopted the district’s FY2026–27 final budget following a minor narrative correction to the Chartwells contract amount. Administration explained accounting changes to display EL and at‑risk expenditures and noted the district lost about $260,000 in at‑risk funding due to a state methodology change.
The Churchill County School District Board unanimously adopted the FY2026–27 final budget at its May 1 meeting after a brief public hearing and a small narrative correction to the budget book.
Amanda Hammond, business-services staff, told trustees she corrected a narrative figure for the Chartwells food-service contract (changing the listed number from 4.189 to 4.3988) and confirmed the numeric tables were already correct. She also described how the district is changing bookkeeping for English Learner (EL) and at‑risk funds so salaries and benefits associated with those services are recorded in the categorical funds and the general fund transfers to balance them rather than the prior approach, which had masked actual expenditures.
Hammond said a change in the state’s methodology for identifying 'at-risk' students reduced qualifying counts and cost the district approximately $260,000 in at-risk funding this year. She also reported guidance from the Department of Agriculture that the district should not pursue Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) this cycle because the estimated cost would be prohibitive given the district’s percentage; administration will return with a CEP comparison in June.
Trustee Whitaker moved to approve the final budget; Trustee Kiach seconded and the motion passed unanimously. Trustees praised Amanda and district staff for producing a balanced budget and asked that additional budget comparisons be provided in follow-up materials.
The budget adoption completes the district’s formal FY2026–27 submission; several implementation questions (CEP decision and more granular EL/at‑risk accounting) will return to the board in June.
