# 10/1/26 KCS BOE Regular Meeting


**Body:** KCS TV
**Date:** September 30, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Education, Construction & Infrastructure, Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding


At the Knox County Schools Board of Education regular meeting on October 1, 2026, the board approved several grant items: a $50,000 Tennessee Department of Education Tutoring Sustainability District Advisory Council grant, $64,133 in Tennessee Arts Commission student ticket subsidy grants, and $12,000 in Dollar General Literacy Foundation grants for Fulton High School, Kins Middle School, and Sunny View Primary School. The board also approved construction of an indoor softball pitching and hitting facility through an agreement with Total Property Management Services Group LLC; the transcript gives the cost as “$1,23,590,” which appears garbled. It approved design services from Design Innovation Architects Inc. for a new ADA toilet-room building at the high school stadium for $71,000, and roof-replacement design services for South and Ridgel High Schools for $96,750. The listed grant and contract actions carried by board vote.

Other approved items included a fiscal year 2026 year-end budget adjustment, transcribed as $822,677; another budget item for $331,393 whose description is missing from the transcript; a classified retirement incentive plan; and an amendment to contract No. 26712, for which no details were captured. The board also approved textbook-adoption and school-turnaround committees and an accountability report. The transcript does not identify a vendor or further spending details for the contract amendment or the $331,393 item.

**Source:** KCS TV