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Board approves budget calendar, donations and $70,176 cybersecurity appropriation
Summary
The Amelia County Public Schools Board approved the budget calendar and community budget survey, accepted two donations (Launch Family Entertainment vouchers and a $1,700 VFW gift), and appropriated $70,176 to fund initial costs for a schools-and-libraries cybersecurity pilot pending USAC reimbursement.
Board members approved several action items affecting district operations and finance, including the annual budget calendar, two donations, and an appropriation for a cybersecurity pilot program.
Finance staff reported that September expenditures were at 21.01% of the annual projection (target 18.24%), driven in part by security grant spending carried forward from last year and upfront vendor costs for technology. To participate in the schools and libraries cybersecurity pilot, staff requested appropriating $70,176 to cover vendor invoices that must be paid in full before the district seeks USAC reimbursement; the board approved the appropriation by voice vote.
The board also approved two donations moved to action items: Launch Family Entertainment Park will provide an estimated $1,224 in jump vouchers (144 vouchers) to be used as student incentives for a take‑home reading program at ACES; and Camille County Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 87 donated $1,700 to support FFA national convention participation. The board voted to amend the agenda to move donations to action items and then approved them by voice vote.
Other approvals included routine consent items — personnel agenda, minutes and bills — and policy IKFD (alternative pathways to credit), authorization for the superintendent to hire substitutes, bus drivers and tutors for the 2025–26 year, a memorandum of understanding with Longwood University to host aspiring-educator clinical experiences, and a right‑of‑entry letter to CDOT to proceed with phase 2 of the sidewalk project. Where votes were taken, outcomes were approved by voice vote; individual roll‑call tallies were not recorded in the transcript.
Board action: budget calendar approved; cybersecurity appropriation of $70,176 approved (staff to process reimbursements through USAC); donations approved and to be acknowledged.
