Tipton County Board of Education - September 10th, 2026

The Tipton County Board of Education meeting, identified in the title as September 10, 2026, included approval of the 2026–27 internal school fund budgets for all 13 schools and approval of an annual audit contract with HPA. The audit contract totals $72,250: $67,000 for internal school funds and $5,250 for USDA cafeteria procedures, a $4,000 increase from the prior year. The board also heard that the district received a Tennessee tutoring grant of more than $78,000 and would use $80,000 in rollover summer-school funds to cover tutoring staff payroll.

The board approved generator installation contracts for three schools: Volunteer Electric for Covington High School and Drummonds Elementary, and Trace Services LLC for Munford High School. The total project cost was stated as about $1.17 million, though the transcript’s exact figure is garbled; members discussed the anticipated schedule, generator coverage, fuel, and maintenance. Other matters included newly elected board members being sworn in, election of board officers, a public comment about a student’s IEP accommodations, and tabling a human-trafficking curriculum item until a later meeting. No other procurement awards were clearly identified.