Meeting: Board of Education Regular Meeting
Scheduled: Tuesday, August 18, 2026, at 6 p.m.
Location: Middle School media center, Rockwell City
The South Central Calhoun Community School District Board of Education is scheduled to consider policy changes related to disruptive student behavior, several facilities and accessibility matters, financial reports and bills, agreements for the 2026–27 school year, annual board goals, activity admission costs, and personnel items.
Key Items on the Agenda
Student Behavior Policy Changes
The board is scheduled to discuss Senate File 2428 and related Iowa Association of School Boards policy and regulation language. The packet includes proposed Policy 503.11, Disruptive Behavior, and Regulation 503.11-R1, Disruptive Behavior — Building Level Policy Procedure.
The proposed policy addresses classroom removal and readmission following violent and nonviolent disruptions. Among its provisions:
- Teachers may remove students whose behavior disrupts instruction, subject to applicable law, board policy, and due-process requirements.
- Staff responsible for implementing a student's IEP or Section 504 plan would have documentation requirements for reviewing those plans or changes.
- At least one paraeducator or other employee assisting with classroom instruction would attend meetings related to a student's IEP or Section 504 plan.
- IEP team members would receive training on least-restrictive-environment requirements.
- A teacher injured because of a student's violent disruption while performing work duties would receive up to three days of physical-recovery leave with full pay. Additional time could be considered by the board when supported by a physician's note.
- Each attendance center would establish an oversight committee responsible for developing building-level procedures governing when students removed for disruptive behavior may return to class.
The accompanying regulation defines procedures for both violent and nonviolent disruptions. For a nonviolent disruption, a teacher may remove a student and place the student under the supervision of the principal or designee for at least 30 minutes. For students in grades 6–12, readmission would not occur earlier than the next school day after the principal or designee and teacher meet to discuss the student's return.
For violent disruptions, the regulation requires removal from the classroom. A student could not return to a teacher's classroom when the removal resulted from an assault on that teacher and the teacher does not consent to the student's return.
The agenda also references a draft FAQ for parents and the community that is expected to go out Wednesday.
Americans with Disabilities Act Review
The agenda includes a discussion titled “Americans with Disabilities Act & SCC’s Current ADA Reality.” A related facilities action item addresses an ADA chair lift at the high school from the second to third floor.
The packet's bills also identify $5,275.50 for two stair chairs. The agenda does not state that this expenditure resolves the broader ADA issues scheduled for discussion.
Staff Dress Code
The board is scheduled for a staff dress code discussion. The agenda identifies the topic but does not provide enough detail to establish what specific changes, if any, are being proposed.
Unspent Balance
The board is also scheduled to discuss an unspent balance meeting with Ahlers. The packet's financial materials report a fiscal-year 2026 general-fund authorized-budget balance of $13,054,975.30, compared with $13,170,295.55 for the previous year.
Consent Agenda
The consent agenda includes a substantial group of routine and policy-related matters scheduled for board action:
- Minutes from the July 21 regular meeting and July 24 special meeting.
- August 2026 general and activity bills.
- A $13,426.50 transfer from SCC SAVE to SCC General to reimburse the July payment to Three Trees for district technology services.
- Board Policy 503.11, Regulation 503.11-R1, and annual policy reviews.
- General and activity financial reports and historical monthly financial information.
- 2026–27 annual board goals.
- Whether the district can financially support free admission for all students to home activities.
- A Pepsi agreement.
- A Head Start FY27 agreement, described on the agenda as having no changes.
- An ICCC dual-credit tuition agreement for FY27, described as having cost changes only.
Because these items appear on the upcoming consent agenda, the packet does not establish that the board has approved them.
Major Financial Items
August Bills
The August general-bills report covers multiple district funds and lists a $566,950.60 checking-account total. Fund totals shown in the report include:
- General Fund: $300,313.14
- Management Fund: $44,316.50
- Statewide Penny/SILO: $208,009.96
- PPEL: $13,500.00
- Nutrition: $811.00
The separate August activity-bills report shows a $20,446.46 Activity Fund total.
Notable expenditures appearing in the general-bills material include $72,648 for a middle school video board, $58,924.29 for a skid loader, $18,754.75 for welding booths and a ventilation system, $13,500 for bus cameras, and $13,426.50 for Three Trees technology services.
General Fund Position
The packet's 2025–26 financial statements report:
- Maximum authorized budget to date: $27,154,155.23
- Expenditures to date: $14,099,179.93
- Authorized-budget balance to date: $13,054,975.30
- General Fund revenue to date: $12,941,117.25
- General Fund expenditure total: $14,099,179.93
The financial report lists a General Fund revenue budget of $13,280,872, leaving $339,754.75 identified as remaining to receive. It lists an expenditure budget of $14,696,434, with $597,254.07 remaining to expend.
Other District Funds
The packet's fiscal-year 2026 financial statements report these year-end fund balances:
- Management Fund: $1,070,583.24
- SAVE Fund: $2,954,901.26
- PPEL Fund: $553,757.43
- Nutrition Fund: $279,790.20
These figures are presented as financial-report information for board review rather than proposed new expenditures.
Facilities, Grounds and Transportation
Several facilities and equipment matters are scheduled for action.
Skid Loader
The agenda describes the skid-loader item as an update and states “Bobcat purchased.” The bills identify a $58,924.29 payment to Haley Equipment-Rockwell City for a skid loader.
Middle School Auditorium Seating
The board is scheduled to consider middle school auditorium seating. The agenda does not provide a proposed cost or describe a specific seating option.
Welding Classroom Improvements
The agenda includes tables for the welding class and new booths. The bills list $18,754.75 to Matheson Tri-Gas for welding booths and a ventilation system and $5,343.90 to TS Electric for Ag Education welding electrical updates.
High School ADA Chair Lift
The board is scheduled to consider an ADA chair lift at the high school from the second to third floor. The packet does not clearly identify a proposed chair-lift contract amount.
Transportation Requirement
A separate action item concerns a Driver STOP class requirement for SCC. The agenda identifies the issue for board consideration but does not provide enough detail to establish the proposed requirement or its financial effect.
Board Governance and Scheduling
The board is scheduled to consider meeting dates, times, and locations for 2026–27.
The packet also identifies Annual Board Goals 2026–2027 as a consent-agenda item. Specific goal language is not included in the agenda text provided.
The next regular meeting is listed for Tuesday, September 15, in Lake City at 6 p.m.
Personnel
The agenda includes personnel action categories for:
- Resignations.
- Contracts and hirings.
- Unpaid leave requests.
The agenda text does not provide enough detail to summarize specific personnel recommendations without going beyond the packet's supported information.
Previously Completed Action in the Packet
Minutes included with the packet document a July 24, 2026 special meeting. At that earlier meeting, the board voted 7–0 to proceed with finalizing a contract for architect services with DLR following the facilities planning process.
That action is a previously completed board decision documented in the packet and should not be confused with an action proposed for the August 18 meeting.
What to Watch at the Meeting
Several agenda items could have continuing effects beyond routine monthly business:
- How the district implements the new disruptive-behavior requirements associated with Senate File 2428, including classroom removal, student readmission, building oversight committees, staff responsibilities, and protections for students with IEPs or Section 504 plans.
- What the district identifies as its current ADA needs and how the proposed high-school chair lift fits into broader accessibility planning.
- Whether the district determines it can financially support free admission for all students at home activities.
- What changes are contemplated for staff dress expectations.
- How the board approaches auditorium seating, welding-class improvements, and other facilities priorities.
- What dates, locations, and annual goals the board establishes for the 2026–27 year.
Public Participation
The agenda provides an opportunity for public input on non-agenda items. Speakers are asked to present new topics and limit comments to two minutes or less to keep the meeting moving.
The official public-body source for this packet is the South Central Calhoun Community School District meeting document provided through Google Drive.
Provider: google-drive
Provider Meeting ID: 20260818-board-of-education-regular-meeting
Official Meeting Source URL:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nc2G2FZ7yJTn7lvHdro9_5AxxfIB4ETA8kQInR5pYPI/edit
Public body's meeting/document listing page:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C6-baca6JtdR07pRXIFIq96eWn6UWnHW6CasPakyfsU/edit?tab=t.0
Civic Translator summarized publicly available meeting materials.
