Rock Valley Comm School District Packet Summary — 2026-08-10
Meeting: 08/10/2026 - 06:30 PM Regular Board Meeting Board Meeting
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Board Room
The Rock Valley Comm School District Board is scheduled to consider routine consent items, review July financial reports, receive facilities and school-year preparation updates, conduct second readings of two substantial groups of policy changes, and discuss a potential business-partnership program for a video board in the new gym.
Key Items on the Agenda
Daktronics Partnership and New Gym Video Board
The Board is scheduled to discuss business partnership opportunities connected with a video board option for the new gym. The packet recommends pursuing partnership opportunities with local businesses.
The packet does not specify a video-board purchase price, partnership commitments, or proposed business sponsors.
Facilities, Flood Recovery and High School Addition
The Facilities Committee is expected to provide updates on three ongoing matters:
- Flood recovery and the FEMA process.
- The high school addition.
- Temporary classrooms and an update from the State.
The principals' report also identifies the new high school building and changes to middle- and high-school schedules as major areas of preparation for the coming school year.
Athletic Event Streaming
The Board is expected to compare fee-based and free video-streaming options for live athletic events. The packet identifies this as a comparison item but does not state a recommended option.
SAVE Funding and Future Borrowing
The superintendent's report notes that legislative changes to the SAVE revenue system for public schools could result in an S&P credit-rating downgrade for the District. According to the packet, the issue does not affect current bonds but could make a difference for some future bonds.
Policy / Governance Items
2026 Legislative Policy Update — Second Reading
The Board has a second reading of a broad set of draft policy changes prompted by the 2026 Iowa legislative session. The accompanying Iowa Association of School Boards summary identifies changes involving public-meeting notice requirements, classroom technology, disruptive student behavior, gifted and talented programming, and other education laws.
Among the significant changes described in the packet:
- Policy 210.05 — Meeting Notice: Updated for changed public-notice requirements.
- Policy 201 — Board of Directors' Elections: Reflects a change moving school-board candidate filings from the district's board secretary to the county auditor.
- Policy 503.11 and Regulations 503.11-R(1) and 503.11-R(2) — Disruptive Behavior: New materials address student removal and readmission procedures, including provisions for students with IEPs.
- Policy 409.02 — Employee Leaves of Absence: Addresses newly required leave for physical recovery when a teacher is injured by a student's violent disruption while performing work duties.
- Policy 605.04 — Technology and Instructional Materials: Addresses new limitations and requirements for digital instruction and one-to-one device programs.
- Exhibit 605.04-E(1): Adds a technology-adoption checklist that districts must retain and make available to the Iowa Department of Education.
- Policy 604.03 — Program for Gifted and Talented Students: Reflects requirements for uniform procedures to screen, identify and serve gifted and talented students.
- Policy 502.03 — Student Expression and Student Publications: Updates language related to student free-speech requirements.
- Policy 603.06 — Physical Education: Reflects requirements concerning physical-fitness measurement for students who are physically able.
- Policy 607.01 — Student Guidance and Counseling Program: Updates requirements for how counseling programs are designed.
The second-reading materials also include proposed changes involving equal employment opportunity, open enrollment, student conduct, special education, medication administration, private instruction, responsible technology use, stock medication and public examination of district records.
School Finance Policy Audit — Second Reading
A separate group of financial and governance policies is also scheduled for a second reading. The IASB review focused on core finance policies, financial best practices and requirements associated with federal funding.
Proposed updates cover areas including:
- Conflict of interest.
- Secretary/treasurer responsibilities.
- Transfers of funds and financial records.
- Fiscal management.
- Debt management and investments.
- Purchasing and bidding.
- Expenditures for a public purpose.
- Federal awards compliance.
- Time and effort reporting.
- Publication of financial information.
- District records.
- Technology and data security.
The supporting summary describes a federal awards compliance policy addressing financial systems, internal controls, procurement, reporting, documentation and record retention. A time-and-effort reporting policy addresses documentation of employee salaries and benefits charged to federal programs.
The investment policy and a federal-funds procurement regulation received changes substantial enough that the IASB materials describe them as having been rewritten in their entirety.
Major Financial Items
July Financial Position
The packet reports healthy cash balances across district funds at the end of July. It notes that the Activity Fund bank-statement balance differs from the cash-flow report because $75,000 is held in a certificate of deposit.
The General Fund shows substantial year-over-year differences. District financial notes attribute much of the revenue difference to receiving the first FY27 state-aid payment of $1,607,326 for the first quarter; the packet says state aid had previously been received monthly.
The General Fund's FY27 certified budget includes:
- Revenue budget: $12,202,389.
- Expenditure budget: $14,034,070.
- July year-to-date revenue: $1,662,227.23.
- July year-to-date expenditures: $340,937.15.
The financial report says the General Fund Treasurer's Report and Budget Monitor have been updated with FY27 certified budget figures. District staff also notes that some Activity Fund beginning balances could change as year-end FY26 state financial reporting is completed.
State Financial Reporting
The packet identifies three reports due to the State by September 15:
- Certified Annual Financial Report.
- Annual Transportation Report.
- Special Ed Supplement.
Staff expects to continue making FY26 adjusting entries until certification.
Bills Presented
Bills are included on the consent agenda. The supporting documentation reports totals of:
- Activity Account: $17,298.39.
- General Account: $407,987.16.
- Nutrition Account: $816.50.
- Rocket Manufacturing: $1,838.35.
- Schoolhouse Account: $1,505,506.43.
The Schoolhouse Account includes $1,412,755.43 for Hoogendoorn Construction, Inc., $62,755.00 for Four Way Contracting and $25,996.00 for FEH Design.
Consent Agenda
The superintendent recommends approval of the consent agenda as presented, with a roll-call vote. A Board member may request that an item be removed and considered separately.
Items include:
- Minutes from the July 9, 2026 Regular Board Meeting and August 3, 2026 Special Board Meeting.
- July bills.
- Financial reports.
- Three open-enrollment applications, all for students transferring out to Boyden-Hull; the superintendent recommends approval.
- Personnel contracts.
The packet states there are no resignations, contract adjustments, or gifts/donations to consider.
Although the agenda says there are "3 contracts," it lists four individuals: Thomas Rozeboom for Night Custodian, Meredith McGill Martinez for Part-time Custodian, Alexis Trei for High School Para, and Flora Aurora Gaeta de Ruvalcaba for Food Service. The superintendent recommends approving the listed contracts.
School Operations and Safety
Start-of-Year Preparation
Principals report that staff preparation is focused on the new school year, including the new high school building and middle- and high-school schedule changes. Preparations also include new-teacher orientation, sixth-grade orientation, preservice activities and registration.
The packet identifies new teachers and staff entering several roles, while orientation materials show new-teacher programming on August 3 and August 11, 2026. Staff-development plans include collaboration work, K-8 iReady math training, Standard Response Protocol review, data review, benefits information and other school-year preparation.
"Stop the Prop" School Safety Campaign
The District plans to participate in the Iowa Association of School Boards' Stop the Prop safety-awareness campaign. Its central message is to keep school exterior doors closed and secure rather than propped open.
Stop the Prop stickers are expected to be placed on both sides of main exterior doors as reminders for students, staff and visitors. The packet states that the campaign does not involve changing doors or locking them beyond existing policy; it is intended to reinforce awareness and shared responsibility for building security.
Public Participation and Meeting Schedule
The agenda provides an opportunity for citizens and community members attending the meeting to make public comments.
No public hearings are planned, and no closed session is planned for the August meeting.
The next regular Board meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 14, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. in the Board Room.
What to Watch at the Meeting
Several agenda items could shape future district operations or spending:
- Whether the Board supports pursuing local-business partnerships for a video board in the new gym.
- How flood recovery, FEMA work, the high school addition and temporary-classroom issues are progressing.
- How the Board approaches the second readings of extensive legislative and financial policy updates.
- What the reported SAVE funding changes could mean for the District's credit rating and future borrowing.
- How the Board evaluates free versus fee-based streaming for live athletic events.
This packet summary is based on publicly available meeting materials from Rock Valley Comm School District.
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Civic Translator summarized publicly available meeting materials.
