The Murfreesboro City Schools Board on Oct. 28 approved a package of routine and budget actions including the district's annual TISA funding accountability report, the purchase of two maintenance trucks totaling $94,938 and multiple budget amendments reallocating donations and foundation grants.

State law requires districts to present an annual TISA (Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement) accountability report to the Tennessee Department of Education; Dr. Duke, the district's director of schools, told the board the report describes goals for student achievement and explains how prior-year budget choices supported those goals. "State law requires each school district submit an annual TISA funding accountability report to the Tennessee Department of Education," Dr. Duke said when presenting the item, and the board approved the report by voice vote.

The board approved purchase of two 2026 Ford F-250 crew-cab trucks at $47,469 each for a total of $94,938. Dr. Duke said the vehicles will support maintenance operations, equipment transport and response to work orders across campuses. The vehicles will be purchased by the City of Murfreesboro through its purchasing department and funded with county shared bonds; the agreement requires subsequent city council approval because the city is purchasing on the district's behalf.

Several budget amendments cleared the board. The district reallocated two FY25 donations'$10,000 from Conference USA for honor-band activities and $8,250 from various donors designated for the McKinney-Vento homeless program'so the funds could be spent for their original purposes. The board also accepted $10,675 in donations from the City Schools Foundation: $6,699 for instructional materials (ESL supplemental materials and robotics competition support) and $3,976 for special-education "Cognition Carts," mobile units for gifted programming.

Separately, the board approved a $17,000 transfer from the Board of Education budget to the health services budget so purchases would be recorded in the correct budget category. After a state review found the FY26 budget did not meet Tennessee's maintenance-of-effort standard for local contributions, the board added $248,900 to the local option sales tax revenue line to meet that requirement; Dr. Duke told members the adjustment primarily reflects higher-than-expected interest revenue and a conservative sales-tax estimate in the original budget.

The board also approved using part of additional TISA revenue to fund a new payroll assistant position in the finance department; the district said remaining costs will be offset by moving an existing finance position to full-time School Nutrition funding.

All motions were approved by voice vote; the minutes and public record show no recorded opposing votes on these items.