District overview
Smith County School System
What Smith County Board minutes show.
What changed in the district?
Official minutes show a Director selection, budget adoption, and later budget-cut action.
New leadership
The Board selected John Ash as Director of Schools in March.
FY27 budget
The Board approved a $37.5 million general-purpose budget in July.
Later cuts
In August, the Board rescinded a $35.5 million motion and approved cuts targeting $35 million.
What is on the public record
The Board approved the revised amount.
Major projects
FY27 general purpose budget
Revised and later cutThe Board approved a revised $37.5 million budget in July, then adopted cuts in August to target $35 million.
- Board approved $37.5 million revised budget.
- Board rescinded $35.5 million motion and adopted cuts.
Funding
General Purpose Fund 141
Recent news
Reviewed 17 unique official minute PDFs; March 9 is a byte-identical duplicate of the February 9 record.
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