Louisiana / School Boards / Acadia Parish
The Acadia Parish school board on Jan. 27 approved an audit proposal for fiscal years ending June 30, 2026 and 2027, adopted a calendar for upcoming budget revisions and preparation, and approved an amendment to a lease on Section 16, Township 10 South Range 2 East in Acadia Parish.
Louisiana / School Boards / Acadia Parish
Policy committee received a Head Start update Jan. 27 reporting 314 federally funded enrollees, potential annual funding of $3,450,681 for operations and $37,607 for training/technical assistance, and confirmation that reimbursements for shutdown-related expenditures have been received.
Louisiana / School Boards / Acadia Parish
Consultants presented a strategic-planning review that highlighted strong community engagement and district leadership but flagged low student mastery, classroom rigor gaps and chronic absenteeism; board members urged swift, measurable action and annual metrics.
Louisiana / School Boards / Acadia Parish
At the meeting the board approved minutes, elected James Higginbotham president and James Edda vice president, adopted a January 2026 recognition resolution, approved Head Start’s annual report and approved the program’s internal dispute-resolution policy; a possible special election to authorize an ad valorem tax was announced.
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Board discussed whether to continue with the longstanding insurance agent after a staff presentation that current layered coverage and agent negotiations produced a premium drop to about $1.55 million; members raised transparency and market-access concerns and asked staff to return with options.
Louisiana / School Boards / Acadia Parish
The school board approved changes to district policy to implement a 2025 law described in the meeting as 'Act 479' that requires cameras in qualifying special-education classrooms and limits routine monitoring to incidents or complaints.
Louisiana / School Boards / Acadia Parish
The Acadia Parish School Board approved the fiscal year 2025 audit after an auditor reported an unmodified (clean) opinion on the district's financial statements and federal-program testing, while flagging two minor Head Start issues that were corrected.
Louisiana / School Boards / Acadia Parish
A compact list of motions the Acadia Parish School Board approved on Dec. 9, including minutes, audit acceptance, bridge right-of-way, travel, policy updates, crisis procedures, consent items, and adjournment.
Louisiana / School Boards / Acadia Parish
Board received a Head Start packet: board members must complete program governance training, policy council will get budget and health trainings, class observations scored 'high proficient' and Head Start serves students with disabilities (31 reported).
Louisiana / School Boards / Acadia Parish
Finance staff reported general fund revenues of $24,499,841 (26.95% collected) and expenditures of $28,934,975 (31.6% spent), noting a year-to-date deficit. Staff also reviewed health insurance trends and a reduced property premium now at $1,549,203.