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Board finalizes 2025-26 budget, facing lower new-growth revenue and a $1.1M special-education shortfall
Summary
Business Administrator Scott McMillan told the board certified new-growth revenue came in at $1.4 million (below earlier estimates), and the district intends to reduce planned one-time requests rather than seek a property-tax increase; McMillan said about $1.1M of the available funds were slated to cover a special-education funding gap.
The Morgan County School District board approved the final 2025-26 budget and the proposed 2026-27 budget after a public hearing and staff presentation from Business Administrator Scott McMillan.
McMillan said the district had initially estimated about $1.7 million in new-growth revenue for the coming year but that the certified figure arrived in the district’s packet at $1.4 million. "Now just 24 hours ago, we received the actual rate... It came in at 1,400,000," McMillan said. He told the board the recommendation was to reduce one-time requests so the district would not pursue a tax increase in August.
McMillan also said the majority of the one-time spending — roughly $1.1 million of the $1.4 million — was earmarked for special education to maintain current services because federal and state special-education funding has not kept pace with costs. The board discussed revisiting one-time-funded positions and programs during the next budget cycle to determine whether to keep or discontinue them.
