Southington board authorizes use of non‑lapsing funds to cover 2025–26 shortfall; compensation plan and routine items approved

At its June 18 meeting, the Southington Board of Education moved to add agenda item 9D and subsequently approved authorizing the administration to use funds in the district’s non‑lapsing account to cover a 2025–26 Board of Education budget shortfall.

The addition of item 9D was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote. Later in the meeting Miss Kamuso moved, and the board conducted a roll‑call vote on, the authorization to use non‑lapsing funds; the chair announced the motion passed 7‑0. The transcript shows the board followed its procedural steps to record the roll call and reach a unanimous recorded result on that authorization.

Separately, the board approved an unaffiliated compensation plan for fiscal year 2026–27. That item was moved and seconded, taken to roll call, and the chair announced the motion passed with recorded votes and one abstention (transcript language indicates 'motion passes 6‑0 with one abstention'). The meeting also approved minutes from June 4, 2026; authorized disposal of obsolete textbooks under Board policy 3260; and approved an overnight out‑of‑state field trip for the SHS varsity volleyball team to Saratoga, New York. Most of those routine items passed by voice vote without extended debate.

The board did not record specific dollar amounts or detailed budget line items for the budget shortfall in the meeting transcript; the authorization permits administration to draw on non‑lapsing funds to address the shortfall but the transcript does not specify the total amount to be used.