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Board approves consent agenda, places FY24 audit on file, seeks state funding for dropout program and OKs Central Project change order
Summary
The Muscatine Community School District Board of Education approved the consent agenda, placed the district's fiscal year 2024 audit on file and authorized administrators to seek state supplemental funding for dropout-prevention programs at its Jan. 13 meeting.
The Muscatine Community School District Board of Education approved the consent agenda, placed the district's fiscal year 2024 financial audit on file and authorized district administrators to seek a School Budget Review Committee (SBRC) modified supplemental amount for dropout prevention, during its Jan. 13 meeting.
The board also approved a $56,433 change order for the Central Project to replace the existing fire alarm system.
Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda: Motion carried (voice vote). A director moved and a director seconded; all board members present voted in favor. - Motion to approve and place on file the FY24 financial audit: Motion carried (voice vote). - Motion to authorize administration to pursue an SBRC modified supplemental amount for 2025-26 for returning dropouts and dropout prevention in the amount of $1,114,616: Motion carried (voice vote). - Approval of change order for the Muscatine Community School District Central Project to Rock River Electric for $56,433 for replacement of the existing fire alarm system: Motion carried (voice vote).
The motions were handled as routine business during the meeting's action-item segment. Board members used the meeting's consent procedure for routine items; when a director requested no item be removed for separate discussion, the board moved the consent agenda as a single motion. The fiscal audit had been summarized earlier in the meeting by the district's external auditor.
Board discussion on the Central Project change order noted the replacement covered roughly half of devices in the building and will tie into planned auditorium work; sprinklers for some auditorium areas were mentioned as part of the larger project planning work.
The SBRC authorization instructs administration to submit the district's application to the state for supplemental aid to support returning dropouts and dropout-prevention programming for the 2025-26 school year. The board approved the request by voice vote.
Ending
District staff said detailed documentation for the FY24 audit and the SBRC application will be kept on file; the audit deliverables had been presented earlier in the meeting and will be available through the district's administrative office.
