Board tables revenue policy pending comptroller guidance, approves other policy updates and confirms BMS ribbon-cutting

The Giles County School Board on Tuesday moved one policy to be tabled pending guidance from the comptroller and approved a package of other policy updates.

During a first-reading review, the board discussed several policies updated to align with the district's Internal Schools Funds Manual, including fiscal management goals, line-item transfer authority, comparability of services, inventories (adding the federal award ID/BAME number), expenditures and reimbursements and travel expense guidelines. The board voted to table the revenue guidance policy until advice is received from the comptroller; the remaining first-reading policies were approved as a group.

On second reading the board approved policy 4.605 (graduation requirements), which added LEA terminology per the Tennessee School Boards Association (TSBA), and policy 6.4081 (safer location of students), which changed references from "employees" to "teachers."

Separately, the board discussed the Bruce/Middle School (BMS) renovation closeout. A ribbon-cutting was scheduled for 10 a.m. on March 13, 2026 (a professional development day), and the chair noted approximately $4,200 remained in contingency funds; members moved and approved retaining that contingency with Bridgeport to cover HVAC filters and related closeout needs.