The Hickman County Board of Education took a series of formal votes during its April meeting. Most motions passed unanimously or by roll-call majority. Key outcomes approved by the board included:

- Agenda and minutes: The board added Budget Amendment 31 to the published agenda and approved the meeting agenda and the regular meeting minutes (motion and second recorded on the record; voice vote passed).

- Student trips and extracurricular travel: The board approved multiple school-sponsored trips: Hickman County High School Tennessee Strong club to the Tennessee Youth Summit in Chattanooga (students Catherine Walls and Clara Cochran requested approval); a senior class trip to Holiday World in Indiana (student Jake Tidwell presented); Hickman County Middle School eighth-grade trip to Beech Bend Amusement Park in Bowling Green, Ky.; and a JCLC Cadet Leadership trip (June 3–7) to Wendell Ford Training Center in Greenville, Ky. Motions to approve each trip were made and seconded on the record and passed by voice vote.

- Attendance zones: The board approved annual attendance zones for the 2025–2026 school year; staff said zones remain unchanged and exceptions for convenience have been handled administratively where capacity allows.

- Membership dues: The board approved payment of membership dues to the Tennessee School Boards Association (TSBA) for the 2024–2025 membership year; the motion passed by roll-call vote with board members recorded as voting yes.

- Technology and equipment purchases: The board approved an E-rate-related networking purchase through Central Technologies (total bid $293,640; district share $58,728) to upgrade backbone switches and network equipment; the motion passed by roll-call vote. The board also approved awarding welding-lab equipment bid to Learning Labs for $74,428 under the Innovative School Models Grant; the motion passed by roll-call vote.

- Textbook adoption: By roll-call vote the board approved the district science textbook adoption recommended by the teacher committee (vendor: Savvas), with K–2 to be delivered digitally and upper grades receiving physical/digital access. Staff indicated state textbook funds will cover the purchase.

- Budget committee and amendments: The board approved appointing all board members to serve as the budget committee for upcoming budget meetings. The board then approved three budget amendments (29, 30 and the added 31). Staff described Amendment 29 as recognizing insurance recovery of about $212,960.62 for the middle-school damage and other donations; Amendment 30 as internal line-item adjustments related to outside donations and CTE/TCAT enrollment distributions; Amendment 31 as awarding opioid-settlement grant funds to health- and mental-health-service programs that had been approved by the county board earlier.

- Policies and routine reviews: The board approved review of the listed board policies (model updates provided by TSBA) with no first- or second-reading changes required.

Ending: Most items on tonights agenda were routine approvals that allow staff to proceed with planned purchases, trips and budget adjustments. Where larger budget implications exist (technology purchases and budget amendments), staff will continue to report to the board and present details at the April 30 budget work session.