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District cites technical upload issue after AIB notices; board approves contracts, fleet leases and legal counsel
Summary
Kent County officials told the board a set of notice letters from the state Accountability and Implementation Board (AIB) reflected a technical data upload/mapping problem rather than substantive noncompliance on blueprint funding; administration has a plan of action due Feb. 2. The board approved a sole-source contract for school psychologist services, two enterprise fleet leases, the FY27 budget calendar and reappointed PK Law as legal counsel.
District finance and blueprint staff told the board on Jan. 12 that notice letters from the Accountability and Implementation Board were tied to how school-level blueprint funding categories appeared (0% in some categories) when pulled from the state's MoveIt platform.
"We have a technical issue going on with our e-finance software and the MoveIt platform," Chief Finance Officer Craig Kirby said, explaining that the district's internal finance reports show school-level budgeting by program but that the upload to the state's extraction platform is not mapping those fields correctly. Kirby said the district met with AIB and MSDE staff and planned a troubleshooting session with PowerSchool and MSDE the next day to resolve the disconnect. He said the AIB accepted a plan of action with a Feb. 2 deadline and that, as a backup, the district could export and send the data directly to the AIB if needed.
On routine business the board approved several items by voice vote: a sole-source contract to award Aya Healthcare school psychologist services at $105 per hour for an estimated $78,000 for the remainder of the school year; two piggyback fleet-leasing arrangements through the county's enterprise program (a 2026 Ford Explorer and a 2026 GMC Sierra 2500); the FY27 budget calendar; and reappointment of PK Law as the district's legal counsel for calendar year 2026. Finance reported district Fund 1 receipts of about $20.5 million and total receipts of roughly $21.1 million as of Dec. 31, 2025, with current-expense expenditures at about 67% of budget.
Administration characterized the AIB correspondence as a technical/data reporting issue rather than a determination of noncompliance; Kirby said the district had been found fully compliant and no funds were withheld, while the notice letters flagged items for additional documentation or clarification.
