Altoona Area School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet
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Altoona Area board adopts 26-27 budget with 3% tax increase on 5 to 4 vote 18:07
- Before the vote, a speaker compared budgeted state revenue with figures on the state education department website, and a district staff member said Ready to Learn funding could swing between $3 million and $7 million depending on the state budget. 6:50
- The Altoona Area school board passed the 26-27 final general fund budget and annual tax resolution, which reflected a 3% increase, on a 5 to 4 roll call vote. 18:07
- The board also approved the homestead and farmstead exclusion resolution and a resolution to commit unassigned fund balance in excess of 8%, which the chair said carried unanimously. 20:38
- An item on a Mansion Park rental agreement with Bishop Guilfoyle Academy High School for the '26-'27 school year was voted on separately and carried with one opposing vote. 23:29
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Item by item (14)
- Opening and executive session report 0:23
- Student athlete recognition 1:06
- A presenter recognized a graduate's track and field career. 1:06
- Final general fund budget and tax resolution 5:09
- The resolution described a budget in the PDE-approved format with expenditures of $135,163,115 and revenues and other sources of funds of $120,385,909. 5:09
- A speaker said revenue over 5 years averaged about $2 million a year more than budgeted, said the cost of everything was up about 3.9% while the district was asking for 3%, and said personally that the speaker could not support it. 8:11
- After the vote, one board member said spending was very lean, commended district leadership and said kids come first. 18:50
- The budget and tax resolution, reflecting a 3% increase, passed 5 to 4 on a roll call vote. 18:00
- Homestead exclusion and fund balance resolutions 20:38
- Approval of minutes 22:07
- Finance items and stadium rental agreement 23:05
- The items included a 3-year agreement with Preferred Benefits Specialists at $16, $17 and $18 per employee per month, a stop-loss contract totaling $47.20 per employee per month and a cybersecurity contract estimated at approximately $85,000 annually. 23:29
- A speaker said the district's family health coverage cost about $23,518 a year compared with a national average closer to $27,000. 26:42
- A staff member said last year's Mansion Park rental price was $1,000 and that the agreement was a 1-year deal at $2,000 after an original proposal of $3,000 per game, and one board member said $1,500 would be a fair price. ~30:03
- The chair said the motion on items 6A, B and D through H carried, and the separate motion on the Mansion Park rental agreement carried with one member opposed. 28:58
- Education agreements, grants and field trips 33:07
- Personnel and substitute teacher agreement 36:14
- Kelly Irwin Adams said there was no attachment for the memorandum of understanding, and a staff member said it was under the executive login. 37:05
- A staff member said the agreement would create 180-day district-based substitutes to address the substitute shortage, with the union agreeable to a 1-year trial period. 37:50
- The chair said the motion on items 8A and B carried. 38:58
- Student services agreements 38:58
- Repository bids, capital reserve and transportation 40:26
- Facility use requests 41:48
- Board president and administration reports 44:17
- A speaker giving the board president's report said the IU8 executive director had resigned and that the speaker would serve on the search committee. 44:30
- A staff member said the district would provide parking for a train event July 8th through 11th expected to draw about 3,000 people on the 8th and up to 40,000 on later days, and that over 500 students were in summer school. 45:18
- One board member said the junior high lunch program was a good transition for incoming students. 47:16
- Tenure list and solicitor report 47:34
- A speaker said a list of instructors who completed 3 years of satisfactory service and were entitled to tenure was presented for information, and a staff member said the list is public. 47:34
- The solicitor discussed court cases on public comment periods and said cell phones and bullying response requirements were issues on the horizon. 48:36
- Adjournment 51:16
- The chair sought a motion to adjourn and called for a voice vote. 51:16
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