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Perry County school board approves tentative 2025-26 budget, multiple vendor contracts and two expulsions
Summary
The Perry County Board of Education on May 20 approved the tentative 2025-26 budget, the 2025-26 salary schedule, a series of vendor and insurance contracts, a permanent water-line easement to the City of Hazard, and voted to expel two students after an executive session.
The Perry County Board of Education voted unanimously May 20 to approve the district’s tentative budget for 2025-26, adopt the 2025-26 salary schedule, award multiple vendor and insurance contracts, authorize a permanent easement to the City of Hazard and approve two student expulsions following an executive session.
The actions came during a regularly scheduled meeting at the Central Office board room in Hazard. Board Chair Richard Miller recorded all five members present: Richard Miller, Johnny Feltner, Berl Hurt, Ryan Miller and Dale Morris. The board approved the consent agenda as presented in Order #277 on a 5-0 vote; the motion was moved by Board Member Johnny Feltner and seconded by Board Member Ryan Miller.
The board then took up personnel and budget items. In Order #278 the board approved the 2025-26 salary schedule; the motion was made by Board Member Berl Hurt and seconded by Board Member Richard Miller, and passed 5-0. Order #279 approved the tentative budget for the 2025-26 school year on a 5-0 vote after a motion by Board Member Richard Miller and a second by Board Member Johnny Feltner. The transcript does not include line-item budget figures.
The board awarded multiple vendor contracts for fiscal year 2026. Order #280 approved People’s Bank and Trust as the bank depository for FY26; Order #281 approved Houchens Insurance Group for property insurance; Order #282 approved Roberts Insurance & Investments for student accident insurance; and Order #283 approved Kentucky Farm Bureau for workers’ compensation coverage. Each of those motions passed unanimously with the mover and seconder recorded in the minutes.
Additional procurement approvals included Order #284, naming Pepsi as the beverage provider and McClure Vending for vending services; Order #285, acceptance of photography bids; and Order #286, approval of maintenance bids for FY26. All passed on unanimous votes.
The board also approved a permanent easement to the City of Hazard for the purpose of a water line under Order #287; that motion passed 5-0. The meeting agenda and motions listed other district agreements and approvals — including the 25-26 Perry County District Safety Plan, the Perry County Sheriff’s contract, a Ford vehicle contract for 2025-26, an EKU field placement education agreement, the Chris Gooch audit proposal for FY25, surety bond and capital funds approvals, pledge of collateral, PCC transfer graduates, adult meal prices and principals’ combined budgets — but the transcript records the items as presented without detailed line-item discussion.
Board members moved to enter an executive session under Order #288 and specifically allowed Safe Schools Coordinator Harvey Colwell to attend the session. Following the executive session, the board returned to open session by subsidiary motion recorded as Order #291.
After returning to open session the board approved two expulsion requests. Order #292 approved the expulsion of student #1 after presentation by Superintendent Kent Campbell and Safe Schools Coordinator Harvey Colwell; the motion was moved by Board Member Johnny Feltner and seconded by Board Member Ryan Miller, and passed 5-0. Order #293 approved the expulsion of student #2 following the superintendent’s presentation; that motion was moved by Board Member Ryan Miller and seconded by Board Member Johnny Feltner, and also passed 5-0. The transcript identifies the actions and outcomes but does not provide details about the incidents or the length of the expulsions.
The meeting adjourned under Order #294 on a unanimous vote, with a motion by Board Member Ryan Miller and a second by Board Member Berl Hurt.
The board’s minutes record the motions and unanimous votes on the major items, but the transcript does not include detailed budget figures, disciplinary facts underlying the expulsions, or the substantive content of the West Perry Elementary presentation. The district listed multiple agreements and plans on the agenda that were approved as presented; where the transcript did not provide further detail, the text here notes that those specifics were not specified in the record.
