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Magnet Cove School District board adopts 2025-26 budget, updates policy and schedules public report
Summary
At its Sept. 15, 2025 meeting the Magnet Cove School District Board of Education unanimously approved the 2025-26 district budget, updated policy 7.5 to align with ASBA guidance, authorized electronic transfers with several vendors and scheduled the Annual Report to the Public for Nov. 17.
Board President Jeff McJunkins called the Magnet Cove School District Board of Education to order at 6:00 p.m. Monday in the Central Office Board Room and presided over a series of unanimous votes that settled the district’s principal administrative items for the coming school year.
In a key action, the board voted 5-0 to adopt the district budget for the 2025-26 school year. Board member Mike Hughes moved to approve the budget; board member David Sulton seconded the motion. The minutes record the adoption but do not specify the dollar amount or line‑item details of the approved budget.
The board also updated district policy 7.5 under the commodities section to align with ASBA Policy 7.5. Board member Samantha Nuckolls moved the policy change and Mike Hughes seconded; the motion passed 5-0. The minutes state the update is explicitly intended to bring the district policy into alignment with the Arkansas School Boards Association guidance.
Other educational and administrative actions approved unanimously included authorizing electronic fund transfers with vendors Sigma Supply, Alexandra Simpson and BetterLesson Inc. (motion by David Sulton, second by Samantha Nuckolls); approving financial statements (motion by Karen Scott, second by David Sulton); and passing a resolution with the Poyen School District superintendent to provide required mentorship for first‑year Arkansas superintendents (motion by Karen Scott, second by David Sulton).
The board scheduled the Annual Report to the Public for Nov. 17 in the elementary school cafeteria, followed by the regular monthly meeting. Mike Hughes moved to set the date and location; Samantha Nuckolls seconded. The board recorded a 5-0 vote to approve the arrangement.
The minutes show reports were presented by building principals and that the Superintendent’s Report was heard; the minutes do not identify the speakers for those reports. No human resources action items were submitted for consideration at the meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:25 p.m. by Board President Jeff McJunkins.
