Board approves budget referral, amendment and a vision-services contract

At the meeting's end the board took three formal actions recorded in the transcript: forwarding the proposed 2027 budget to the county finance committee, approving a budget amendment to address identified shortfalls, and approving an added contract for vision services.

1) Forward budget to finance committee: A motion to move the proposed 2027 budget to county finance was offered, seconded and approved by voice vote. The referral will allow county finance to review levy implications and revenue assumptions before final adoption.

2) Budget amendment to cover shortfalls: Administrators notified the board of an initial roughly $600,000 revenue shortfall before adjustments (reduced to $448,000 after earlier steps). The board approved a budget amendment that would apply $65,000 from the salary contingency to grant revenue and make related expense reductions intended to address a portion of the general CDEB aid shortfall.

3) Vision services (CESA 2) contract: Because no applicants had applied for the posted vision teacher position, the board approved adding vision services from CESA 2 for the 2026-27 school year at a purchase amount of $109,497 to ensure required services are provided.

All three items were approved by roll-call/voice votes as recorded in the meeting transcript; the transcript does not include a full named roll-call tally for each individual member's vote.