RESOLVED, that this resolution shall be the general appropriation of the Grand Rapids Public Schools for the fiscal year 2025-2026: A resolution to make appropriations; to provide for the expenditure of the appropriation; and to provide for disposition of all income received by Grand Rapids Public Schools.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that no Board of Education member or employee of the School District shall expend any funds or obligate the expenditure of any funds except pursuant to appropriations made by the Board of Education and in keeping with the budgetary policy statement hitherto adopted by the Board. Changes in the amount appropriated by the Board shall require approval by the Board.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Superintendent is hereby charged with general supervision of the execution of the budget adopted by the Board and shall hold the department heads responsible for performance of their responsibilities within the amounts appropriated by the Board of Education and in keeping with the budgetary policy statement hitherto adopted by the Board.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the total revenue and unappropriated fund balance estimated to be available for appropriations in the Special Revenue Fund of the Grand Rapids Public Schools for fiscal year 2025-2026 is hereby appropriated in the amounts and for the purposes set forth per Exhibit A attached.
This appropriation resolution is to take effect on February 9, 2026.
Ayes: Ms. Kymberlie Buczek, Ms. Amber Kilpatrick, Mc. Eleanor Moreno, Mrs. Kimberley Williams, Mr. Richard Williamson, and President Jose Rodriguez – 7.
Nays: 0.
Motion declared ADOPTED: Amber Kilpatrick Secretary, Board of Education, Grand Rapids Public Schools
I, the undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting Secretary of the Board of Education of the Grand Rapids Public Schools, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and complete copy of a resolution adopted by the Board of Education of the Grand Rapids Public Schools, of Kent County, Michigan, at a regular meeting held on the 9th day of February 2026, the original of which is on file in my office, and that public notice of said meeting was given pursuant to and in full compliance with Act 267, Public Acts of Michigan, 1976.
Dated this the 9th day of February, 2026.
Amber Kilpatrick,
Secretary | Board of Education
Grand Rapids Public Schools