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Board approves time-sensitive school grants after split vote and brief recess
Summary
After an initial 3–3 split on a FY26 school supplemental appropriation, supervisors returned from recess and approved two time-sensitive grant items — including a $30,000 Jobs for Virginia Graduates award — while asking staff for more detail on carryover and spending plans.
School division budget director John Farley presented a supplemental appropriations package on May 12 that reflects additional state and federal grant awards to the Caroline County school division. Farley said the amendment does not request local matching funds and is intended to establish budget authority to spend grants awarded to the division.
During the presentation staff identified multiple grants with differing end dates and reporting rules; the board questioned timing, carryover possibilities and whether some grant funds could be applied across fiscal years. One board member pressed for two weeks to review the packet; after a roll-call vote the initial motion to appropriate the full amendment failed on a 3–3 split. Director Farley warned that several grants are already in implementation and cited a May 15 deadline for the Jobs for Virginia Graduates grant.
Following a brief recess the board reconvened and voted to approve two specific, time-sensitive items so the school division could meet spending deadlines — including the $30,000 Jobs for Virginia Graduates grant and other state 'all in' funds that must be spent by June 30. The board instructed school staff to provide additional written details on grant breakdowns and potential carryover to guide action at the next regular meeting.
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