Cleveland County Schools board approves budget amendment moving existing funds; records Medicaid and Golden Leaf receipts in fund 8

Cleveland County Schools Board of Education members approved Budget Amendment No. 3 during a special call meeting in June 2025, voting unanimously 9-0 to reallocate existing appropriations and to record additional revenue in fund 8.

The amendment moves dollars within fund 1 and fund 2; no new outside revenue was reported for those funds, board members were told. Finance staff member McDaniel said, “Just very little discussion. We had some budget moves in fund 1 and 2.” He added that fund 8 reflected additional receipts from Medicaid payments and from Golden Leaf payments.

A motion to approve the budget amendment was made and carried 9-0. Board members present voted in favor; no member recorded an opposing or abstaining vote. The transcript indicates the change was an internal reallocation rather than a request for new appropriations.

Board members did not debate the amendment at length during the special call meeting. McDaniel described the changes as accounting moves to “make sure we utilize the state money as much as we can.” The board did not specify line-item amounts or attach an implementation timeline during the meeting.

The amendment was presented as Budget Amendment No. 3 and identified adjustments in funds 1 and 2 and newly recorded revenue in fund 8. The board did not reference any statutory citation or ordinance when approving the amendment, and no public comment or external agency approvals were recorded during the vote.

The board moved on after the vote to a personnel report and then adjourned later in the session.