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Board approves budget amendment, financial reports and several routine actions; raises for staff included in approved budget
Summary
The board approved consent items including April financial reports, encumbrances, internal school budgets for 2026–27 and budget amendment No. 2 (revenue +$2,482,000; expenditures +$1,822,000). The adopted budget includes raises for staff and teachers and several procedural motions (agenda adoption, encumbrance carryovers, and no July meeting).
Johnson City Schools board members voted to approve the district’s April financial report, a slate of encumbrances, internal school budgets for 2026–27 and a second amendment to the 2025–26 budget during the June meeting.
Miss Leah Valley presented the April financial packet and highlighted transfers for workers’ compensation and liability insurance, and the annual principal and semiannual interest payment on the district’s 2017 bond. The packet listed revenues and expenditures for April and reported a net increase to the fund “through April.” Valley also reported P‑account sales tax deposits for April that included $263,000 from the city, $163,000 from the schools and a $500,000 annual payment from Washington County; an incorrectly transferred bond payment was noted and described as scheduled to be returned in May.
On the budget amendment, the board approved amendment No. 2 for the 2025–26 fiscal year. The amendment, as read at the meeting, increased general fund revenues by $2,482,000 and increased expenditures by $1,822,000, reducing the use of fund balance by $660,000. Valley said the amendment reflected additional state revenues, donations and grants, interest earnings and year‑end grant adjustments. The board approved the amendment by voice vote.
The chair noted that the approved budget includes a pay increase for staff and teachers; the budget and pay actions will be submitted to the city as part of standard intergovernmental steps.
Votes at a glance (actions approved at the June meeting): • Adopt meeting agenda — approved by voice vote. • April financial report — approved by voice vote. • Carryover encumbrances for 2025–26 — approved by voice vote. • Schools’ internal activity/site‑based budgets for 2026–27 — approved by voice vote. • Budget amendment No. 2 (FY25–26) — approved by voice vote (revenues +$2,482,000; expenditures +$1,822,000). • No regular July board meeting unless needed — approved by voice vote.
All motions described above passed as read in the meeting; the board did not debate alternate budgets or table votes during the June session.
