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Board approves multiple contracts and purchases; special-education transfer remains unresolved
Summary
At its June meeting the Clear Creek Amana board approved motions including a student expulsion, participation in an insurance risk pool, a three-year athletic-training agreement ($10,000/year), equipment and software purchases, and several routine items; debate continued without final agreement on a three-year special-education transfer to Grant Wood AEA.
The Clear Creek Amana Community School District board handled a slate of action items at its June meeting, approving several contracts and purchases while leaving at least one high-profile funding transfer unsettled.
Key votes and outcomes:
- Student discipline: Board approved a recommended expulsion for at least one semester of the 2025–26 school year with conditions for reentry if district criteria are met (motion carried).
- Risk pool participation: Motion to participate in a new storm-protection/risk pool (Iowa Code references) carried after a presentation from an insurance agent.
- Athletic training agreement: Board approved a three-year agreement with University of Iowa Sports Medicine for athletic training services at $10,000 annually; discussion focused on staffing levels (30 hours per week cited in the proposal) and contract exit/termination clauses.
- Revised fee amendment: Board approved a $32,500 revised fee amendment for professional services associated with the Eastridge Elementary project; several board members criticized the communication and process leading to the fee, but the motion carried.
- Bank signers: Board approved a corporate resolution to update authorized signers for district bank accounts.
- Technology and equipment purchases: Board approved a $30,500 SHI quote for device-management licenses and a $35,073.19 purchase of instruments from West Music for the high school band.
- Construction payout: Board approved payout number 12 to Knutson Construction for the baseball/softball complex in the amount of $12,350.
- Out-of-state travel: Board approved the 2026 Germany trip request.
- Handbooks and policies: Board reviewed multiple handbooks and tabled several for additional edits; policy revisions required by recent state-law changes were approved as a block.
- Special-education funding transfer: The board extensively debated a three-year contract to transfer 90% of state special-education funding to Grant Wood AEA (with 10% retained locally). Members questioned the three-year term and whether the 90% requirement applied only to year one under state law; procedural motions to table and revisit the item produced confusion in the public record and at least one motion to table was recorded as failing, leaving the item unresolved pending contract review and possible special meeting.
Board members indicated they will request the final contract language and return the Grant Wood AEA transfer item for further consideration before committing to a term-specific transfer.
