Board adopts $24.0M general-fund amendment, approves listed budget changes and grants

Grant Public Schools’ Board of Education voted March 11 to adopt a general-fund appropriation amendment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.

Finance presenter Holly (introduced by the chair) walked the board through revenue and appropriation changes driven primarily by updated pupil counts, one-time carryover grant awards, and ESSER rollovers. She told the board the pupil foundation allowance referenced in the packet is $9,608 and said certain one-time state and local funds (including an enrollment stabilizer and a $103,000 23g award for summer programming) helped offset revenue shifts.

Holly described planned uses for grant and one-time funds, including $232,000 in district transportation one-time funds to offset transportation salaries, a proposed key-card safety system and high-school speaker/security upgrades supported by school-safety and mental-health grants, and a STEAM outdoor pavilion funded by the Fremont Foundation. She said the district’s projected fund balance under the amendment is conservatively estimated at 14.66 percent and that while the district complies with its internal policy (10–12 percent), the Michigan School Business Officials recommended range is 15–20 percent.

A resolution to amend appropriations listed totals (instruction $15,088,717; support services $8,304,403; community services $241,445; debt service $319,111; outgoing transfers $50,000) and set the total appropriation at $24,003,676. Board members asked for clarification on legal fees and FOIA costs; Holly said she would follow up with detailed breakdowns.

The board approved the budget amendment by roll-call vote. Administration said more detailed ESSER III spending information and the district’s transparency materials would remain available on the district transparency website.