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Board amends budget for activity bus and authorizes contingent replacement purchase

Ballinger ISD Board of Trustees · November 10, 2025
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Summary

Trustees amended the 2025-26 Operating Budget to buy a small activity bus and granted the superintendent authority to purchase a replacement bus up to $140,000 if the insurance company deems the damaged bus totaled; funding gap to come from designated vehicle fund balance.

The board approved an amendment to the 2025-26 Operating Budget to purchase the small white activity bus that had previously been approved at the Oct. 8 meeting. The motion to amend the operating budget passed unanimously.

Separately, trustees granted the superintendent authority to purchase a new small activity bus exceeding $25,000 but under $140,000 through a purchasing cooperative contingent on the district’s insurer determining the accident-involved bus is totaled; any funding difference beyond insurance reimbursement will come from the district’s designated vehicle fund balance. The motion passed unanimously.