Votes at a glance: board approves FY26 budget amendment, multiple resolutions and policy updates

At its meeting, the Benjamin SD 25 Board of Education approved several motions by roll call, including a fiscal pre-authorization and multiple policy adoptions.

Key votes included:

• Resolution authorizing payment of FY26 bills: board approved pre-authorization for payment of FY26 bills in advance of a traditional July meeting.

• Interest-transfer resolution: the board approved a resolution authorizing interfund interest transfers so interest earned in certain funds can be applied where needed, a change administrators said was necessary to use interest for capital-plan subsidies when appropriate.

• Adoption of the FY26 budget amendment: after a brief hearing and no public comment, the board approved the amendment that adjusts for Evergreen-related expenditures and bond-series timing.

• PRESS Issue 121 (second reading): the board approved the second reading and adoption of a package of policies listed in the record (many policy numbers were read into the minutes).

• Board policy 2150 (second reading): the board completed the required second reading and adopted board policy 2150.

• Substitute pay rates 2026–27: the board approved updated substitute pay rates for the coming school year; the transcript records at least one abstention during the roll call for this item.

All motions were carried by roll call. The meeting included administrative explanations for the fiscal items and brief discussion before votes; no public input was recorded on the action items.