# PCSSD Board Meeting

Pulaski County Special School District Board meeting, September 30, 2026: The board adopted the FY2027 budget, described by staff as balanced and based on a conservative 90% collections estimate. The presentation included approximately $68.279 million in anticipated spending in Fund 1, a planned $4.8 million transfer to the building fund, and an additional bond-debt payment of just over $1 million. Budgeted projects included about $400,000 for air-conditioning some buses, $400,000 for a bus-tracking system, approximately $898,000 for athletic turf at Robinson and Mills, and $100,000 for a preschool playground. The board also approved the Mills and Robinson baseball/softball turf upgrades; the district plans to order turf promptly, with concrete work paid from the schools’ athletic budgets. Chromebook purchases were noted among technology-fund expenses.

The board approved continuing instructional coaching with TNTP for Harris Elementary; the proposal’s cost was not stated in the transcript. It also approved a special-education settlement involving $1,000 in family reimbursement, approximately $8,550 in attorney fees, and district-paid evaluations, with total stated costs just under $10,000 before other associated obligations. The consent agenda included approval for after-school and adult-education snacks and suppers funded by DHS. A work-session presentation reviewed school enrollment trends and discussed possible community outreach; no related procurement action was identified.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Education, Construction & Infrastructure
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure
**Published:** September 30, 2026

### Sources
- [PCSSD Board Meeting](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRy5CDc8Dng) - Pulaski County Special School District PCSSD