October 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM - Smith County Board of Education Agenda

Scotty Enoch (District 2) made the motion to approve the agenda for the October 19, 2026, meeting of the board. Dale McKinney (District 4) seconded the motion. Motion carried after a roll call vote:

Scotty Enoch (District 2) moved to accept the following Consent Items A-D as presented by the Director. Tommy Manning (District 5) seconded the motion. Motion carried after a roll call vote:

David McDonald (District 7) Request to appoint the following committees: 1. Ethics: 1. Hesson 2. Bush 3. McKinney 2. Safety: 1. Enoch 2. McCaleb 3. Hackett 3. Legislative Liaison: 1. McDonald 4. County Financial Management Committee: 1. Enoch. Anthony Hackett (District 6) seconded the motion. Motion carried after a roll call vote:

Jay Hesson (District 1) made the motion to approve the Smith County 2026-2027 TISA Accountability Report. Tommy Manning (District 5) seconded the motion. Motion carried after a roll call vote:

Scotty Enoch (District 2) made the motion to approve Resolution 1 which authorizes the reallocation of funds to ensure the proper appropriation of resources to fund capital outlay project. Jay Hesson (District 1) seconded the motion. Motion carried after a roll call vote:

Marty McCaleb (District 3) made the motion to approve the low bid of $5.0717 per gallon for 7,500 gallons of diesel fuel from Majors Management for delivery on September 22, 2026. David McDonald (District 7) seconded the motion. Motion carried after a roll call vote:

Marty McCaleb (District 3) made the motion to accept the low bid of $3.949 per gallon for 1,500 gallons of regular 87 gasoline without ethanol from Mixon-Nollner for delivery on September 22, 2026. Dale McKinney (District 4) seconded the motion. Motion carried after a roll call vote:

Marty McCaleb (District 3) made the motion to approve the request to sell commercial kitchen equipment on GovDeals.com. This equipment is no longer able to be utilized by the system and selling through GovDeals.com would be an appropriate way to dispose of these items. Anthony Hackett (District 6) seconded the motion. Motion carried after a roll call vote:

Scotty Enoch (District 2) made the motion to approve the request to participate in the National School Lunch Program Equipment Assistance Grant. The request is for $65,000 in grant money for a new dishwasher for Gordonville Elementary School. If funds are not fully provided by this grant, then the School Nutrition Program would cover the remaining balance. Jay Hesson (District 1) seconded the motion. Motion carried after a roll call vote:

Anthony Hackett (District 6) made the motion to approve the request to open a Virtual School for the 2027-2028 School Year. David McDonald (District 7) seconded the motion. Motion carried after a roll call vote:

David McDonald (District 7) made the motion to approve the proposal for the School Calendar for the 2027-2028 school year. Marty McCaleb (District 3) seconded the motion. Motion carried after a roll call vote:

Scotty Enoch (District 2) made the motion to adopt the following TSBA model policies to ensure compliance with state and federal laws, rules, and regulations due to changes made by the Tennessee General Assembly. Changes Per Public Chapter 938 Public Chapter 938 requires any policy that "includes a reference to a natural person's sex or gender to state that those terms are defined as the immutable characteristics of the person's reproductive system that identify the person as male or female, as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth." These changes must be in place by January 1, 2027. Below is a list of model policies that have been updated to include that statement. 4.100 Instructional Program 4.300 Extracurricular Activities 5.104 Equal Opportunity Employment 5.501 Complaints & Grievances 6.100 Student Goals 6.301 Rights & Responsibilities 6.304 Student Discrimination, Harassment, Bullying, Cyber-bullying, and Intimidation This is the first of two readings for these policy changes. David McDonald (District 7) seconded the motion. Motion carried after a roll call vote:

Marty McCaleb (District 3) made the motion to approve the request to add a part-time school nurse position for up to 40 days for the current school year. Jay Hesson (District 1) seconded the motion. Motion carried after a roll call vote:

Marty McCaleb (District 3) made the motion to approve the request for a new part-time flex school nutrition assistant position. Scotty Enoch (District 2) seconded the motion. Motion carried after a roll call vote:

Marty McCaleb (District 3) made the motion to approve middle school girls flag football as a new extracurricular activity. Dale McKinney (District 4) seconded the motion. Motion carried after a roll call vote:

Scotty Enoch (District 2) made the motion to adjourn. Anthony Hackett (District 6) seconded the motion. Motion carried after a roll call vote: