Schools › School Board meeting of Sep 8, 2025
Approved final budget amendments for the 2024-25 fiscal year to adjust fund balances and appropriations across multiple district funds after year-end close-out entries.
The vote: 5-0
Voted on as part of the consent agendaA group of routine items the Board votes on together with one motion. Any commissioner can pull an item out to discuss and vote on it separately. County Commission agendas (CivicClerk portal), one motion for several items (approval of the Consent Agenda items 8.01 through 10.04).
From the School Board's official minutes.
In plain words
A final budget amendment for the 2024-25 fiscal year that adjusts fund balances and appropriations across multiple district funds after year-end close-out entries.
What changes The district's approved budget is updated to reflect actual revenues and expenditures recorded during the 2024-25 fiscal year, aligning the budget with the Annual Financial Statements.
Who and the money Applies to Lake County Schools' operating funds including General, Debt Service, Capital Project, Food Service, Special Revenue, and Enterprise Funds; no new spending is authorized.
Stated reason (staff, quoted): "State Board Rule 6A-1.006, Florida Administrative Code, requires the Board to approve amendments to the budget whenever function and object amounts are changed from the original budget."
Why (staff, quoted) "State Board Rule 6A-1.006, Florida Administrative Code, requires the Board to approve amendments to the budget whenever function and object amounts are changed from the original budget."
Written from the Board's minutes and the agenda item's staff text on BoardDocs, checked by script: every number appears in the record. Agenda on BoardDocs
From the record
Final Budget Amendment for 2024-25 Fiscal YearLake County Schools agenda, Sep 8, 2025, item 8.10. Open the agenda on BoardDocs
I recommend the Board approve the final budget amendments for the 2024-25 fiscal year as requested and submitted by the Finance Department.
The Board's minutes record this item as approved, by a vote of 5-0.School Board minutes, Sep 8, 2025. Open the official document
The rest of this meeting
- Previous item: Approved dismissing the formal written protest of BusPatrol America, LLC regarding the School Bus Infraction Detection System.
- Next item: Approved the 2024-25 Annual Financial Report and all official parts into the public record for transmission to the State Board of Education.
- All items from Sep 8, 2025
