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ICCS committee reviews building-level spending and cost-per-student; no budget action taken
Summary
Iowa City Community School District staff presented an informational review of building-level general fund expenditures and cost-per-student comparisons, highlighting that salaries and benefits account for roughly 90% of billings and that elementary schools show the greatest per-student variability; the committee asked for follow-up data and advocacy materials for legislators.
Iowa City Community School District staff gave the district’s financial oversight committee an information-only presentation on building-level general fund expenditures and cost-per-student comparisons, and no formal budget decisions were made.
Kurt, who the presentation identifies as having transitioned into dual CFO and COO roles for the district, told the committee the team used the district’s certified annual report as a baseline for the analysis and intentionally excluded a few minor partner-preschool location codes for clarity. He said the slides show that salaries and benefits account for roughly 90% or more of billings at most buildings and that cost-per-student figures were calculated using headcount enrollment, not weighted counts.
The presentation displayed building-level comparisons across high schools, middle schools and elementary schools. Kurt said…
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