SCHOOL BUDGET
REVIEW COMMITTEE
UNOFFICIAL SUMMARY
The School Budget Review Committee met in regular session on Monday, March 14, 2005, with the following members present: Director Judy A. Jeffrey, Department of Education, Chair; Director Michael Tramontina, Department of Management, Secretary; and committee members Connie Cook, Wayne Drexler, and Clark Yeager; and Jim Kenkel from the state fire marshal’s office.
1. Approval of Previous Decisions. Approved the decisions of the December 13, 2004, meeting of the School Budget Review Committee.
2. North Cedar Community School District. Approved modified allowable growth for the 2004-2005 school year in the amount of $51,094 for costs associated with fuel tank removal and repair of the boiler at the high school.
3. Northeast Community School District. Approved
modified allowable growth the for the 2004-2005 school year in the amount of
$90,000 for costs associated with repairs to the water well pump system and to
connect to the city’s water system.
4. North Iowa Community School District. Approved
modified allowable growth for the 2004-2005 school year in the amount of
$84,350 for costs associated with asbestos removal and costs associated with
making the middle school building accessible to the disabled pending receipt of
an asbestos removal budget.
5. Guttenberg Community School District. Approved modified allowable growth for the 2004-2005 school year in the amount of $3,467 for costs associated with removal of hazardous materials.
6. Garnavillo Community School District. Approved modified allowable growth for the 2004-2005 school year in the amount of $2,800 for removal of hazardous materials. Denied modified allowable growth for the 2004-2005 school year in the amount of $106,550 for costs associated with reorganization. Tabled request for modified allowable growth for the 2004-2005 school year in the amount of $146,000 for other costs associated with reorganization.
7. Central Clinton Community School District. Approved modified allowable growth for the 2004-2005 school year in the amount of $5,000 to continue a school resource officer program. Denied modified allowable growth for the 2004-2005 school year in the amount of $9,273 for startup costs of a new soccer program.
8. New Market Central Community School District. Received and accepted the district’s corrective action plan. Approved modified allowable growth for the 2004-2005 school year in the amount of $23,335 for its corrective action plan. Denied modified allowable growth in the amount of $15,473 for costs of the ISEBA health insurance assessment.
9. Russell Community School District. Received
and accepted the district’s corrective action plan. Approved modified
allowable growth for the 2004-2005 school year in the amount of $200,000 pending
receipt of board minutes showing action authorizing the request.
10.
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Community School District. Received and accepted the district’s corrective action plan.
Approved modified allowable growth for the 2004-2005 school year in the amount
of $152,088 pending receipt of board minutes showing action authorizing the
request.
11. Eddyville-Blakesburg Community School District. Received and accepted the district’s corrective action plan. Approved modified allowable growth for the 2004-2005 school year in the amount of $388,055.
12. Fort Madison Community School District. Approved modified allowable growth for the 2004-2005 school year in the amount $267,444 for costs associated with asbestos management and boiler replacement at the high school building.
13. Riceville Community School District. Received
and accepted the three-year work out plan for an auditor’s adjustment to the
September 2001, 2002, and 2003 certified enrollments, with $12,469 to be included
on the 2005-2006 budget, and to direct the district to provide progress on its
plan each December 2005 and 2006.
14. BCLUW and GMG Community School
Districts. Tabled the
request for reconsideration of the GAAP budget conversion criteria and directed
the Department of Education to conduct a study of the issues and to solicit
input from Finance Roundtable and similar groups.
15. Perry Community School District. Tabled the request for modified allowable growth in the amount of $750,000 for costs related to converting to the GAAP basis of budgeting until the Department of Education completes a study on the issues.
16. Ankeny Community School District. Tabled the request for modified allowable growth for the 2004-2005 school year in the amount of $3,400,000 to convert to the GAAP basis of budgeting until the Department of Education completes a study on the issues.
17. NSFF Review and Fairfield Community School District. Denied modified allowable growth for the 2004-2005 school year in the amount of $160,528 for costs related to loss of miscellaneous income.
18. Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District. Approved modified allowable growth for the 2004-2005 school year in the amount of $18,228 for costs related to open enrollment out not included in the prior year’s headcount that had not been included on the SBRC application form previously approved.
19. Iowa Demonstration Fire Safety and Life and Iowa Demonstration Construction Grants. Approved the Iowa Demonstration Construction Grant Program, Construction grant awards as recommended to the SBRC by the task force, pending receipt of evidence from the districts that the local match requirement and other requirements have been met. In the event that any award is declined or other unexpended funds become available before May 16, 2005, the Department will award a grant to the next highest ranked district or districts to the extent that the funding is made available.
20. Returning
Dropout and Dropout Prevention Programs. Approved
modified allowable growth for the 2005-06 school year in the total amount of
$72,849,931 for the 283 districts with approved applications for Returning
Dropout and Dropout Prevention programs, pending further department review.
21. Unexpended
& Unspent Balance Lists. Reviewed balances for all
districts.
22. Lynnville-Sully
Community School District. Accepted the district’s
notification that $300,000 was not needed for completion of a building
authorized by the voters and is to be returned to the general fund unexpended
fund balance. Directed the Department
of Management to adjust the budget authority to reflect this reversion.
MODIFIED ALLOWABLE GROWTH
FOR RETURNING DROPOUT
& DROPOUT PREVENTION PROGRAMS
|
District |
Name |
Modified Allowable Growth |
|
0441 |
A-H-S-T |
100,557.00 |
|
0018 |
Adair-Casey |
85,404.92 |
|
0027 |
Adel-DeSoto-Minburn |
350,456.00 |
|
0009 |
AGWSR |
150,000.00 |
|
0063 |
Akron Westfield |
137,029.91 |
|
0072 |
Albert City-Truesdale |
57,075.00 |
|
0081 |
Albia |
319,998.42 |
|
0108 |
Alden |
67,061.25 |
|
0126 |
Algona |
118,098.00 |
|
0135 |
Allamakee |
214,907.00 |
|
0153 |
Allison-Bristow |
58,885.65 |
|
0225 |
Ames |
1,133,892.00 |
|
0234 |
Anamosa |
254,129.25 |
|
0252 |
Anita |
25,125.00 |
|
0261 |
Ankeny |
1,238,082.00 |
|
0279 |
Aplington-Parkersburg |
148,854.00 |
|
0355 |
Ar-We-Va |
40,125.00 |
|
0333 |
Armstrong-Ringsted |
58,293.00 |
|
0387 |
Atlantic |
215,784.00 |
|
0472 |
Ballard |
195,000.00 |
|
0504 |
Battle Creek-Ida Grove |
28,500.00 |
|
0513 |
Baxter |
68,416.00 |
|
0540 |
BCLUW |
155,923.32 |
|
0549 |
Bedford |
75,798.75 |
|
0576 |
Belle Plaine |
38,860.00 |
|
0594 |
Belmond-Klemme |
109,194.00 |
|
0603 |
Bennett |
12,000.00 |
|
0609 |
Benton |
109,200.00 |
|
0621 |
Bettendorf |
1,032,856.00 |
|
0720 |
Bondurant-Farrar |
179,311.50 |
|
0846 |
Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom |
48,090.00 |
|
0882 |
Burlington |
586,079.00 |
|
0914 |
C and M |
44,138.49 |
|
0916 |
CAL |
47,910.89 |
|
0936 |
Camanche |
82,500.00 |
|
0977 |
Cardinal |
111,675.00 |
|
0981 |
Carlisle |
283,101.03 |
|
0999 |
Carroll |
292,875.00 |
|
1044 |
Cedar Falls |
214,307.00 |
|
1053 |
Cedar Rapids |
4,353,037.48 |
|
1071 |
Centerville |
408,905.55 |
|
1080 |
Central |
59,009.32 |
|
1089 |
Central City |
21,000.00 |
|
1082 |
Central Clinton |
145,340.00 |
|
1093 |
Central Decatur |
62,625.00 |
|
1079 |
Central Lee |
133,096.00 |
|
1095 |
Central Lyon |
7,500.00 |
|
1116 |
Charles City |
194,802.75 |
|
1152 |
Cherokee |
69,797.00 |
|
1197 |
Clarinda |
103,903.62 |
|
1206 |
Clarion-Goldfield |
150,000.00 |
|
1215 |
Clarksville |
82,224.43 |
|
1221 |
Clear Creek Amana |
307,071.00 |
|
1233 |
Clear Lake |
100,000.00 |
|
1278 |
Clinton |
1,054,695.00 |
|
1332 |
Colfax-Mingo |
100,732.50 |
|
1337 |
College |
870,420.12 |
|
1350 |
Collins-Maxwell |
69,000.00 |
|
1359 |
Colo-Nesco |
58,935.75 |
|
1368 |
Columbus |
193,086.00 |
|
1431 |
Corning |
109,628.08 |
|
1449 |