Cedar Falls Board of Education Meeting, October 12, 2026

The Cedar Falls Community School District Board of Education met on October 12, 2026. The board approved the listed payables and open-enrollment report; no contract awards, bids, vendor selections, or specific purchasing decisions were identified. Staff presented the fiscal 2026 certified annual report, including general-fund revenues of about $74.2 million and expenditures of $75.6 million, and discussed the special-education deficit of $842,881. The report also covered capital and facility funds: the district expects fiscal 2027 expenditures to continue as it completes the Shields Tiger Performance Center, and it anticipates facility changes at two junior highs. SAVE-fund revenues were about $8.5 million and expenditures about $5 million in fiscal 2026.

Board members discussed rising operating costs, including food-service costs up about 7% and transportation costs cited as increasing from roughly $175,000 to $375,000. Staff said transportation is paid from general-fund dollars and discussed possible advocacy for state funding support; no related spending motion was recorded. The district plans to bring a first reading of a policy defining spending-authority ranges to the next meeting. The board also discussed sharing information about a proposed state constitutional amendment, but took no action on it. No new procurement activity was identified beyond the routine payables approval and ongoing facility-project spending described in the financial report.