# November 9th, 2026 - Muscatine School Board Regular Meeting and Organizational/Annual Board Meeting

Muscatine Community School District regular and annual board meetings, November 9, 2026 (as identified in the meeting title): The board received the FY2026 audit review, which reported a clean, unmodified financial-statement opinion and no findings; the federal single audit remains pending. The full audit is expected back as an action item next month. The board also approved routine bills and claims and annual designations, including CBI Bank and Trust, Community Bank and Trust, and the Iowa School Joint Investment Trust as district depositories at $35 million each; Kindle Law Office and Eller Law Firm were appointed as district counsel on a time basis. The board approved the William Penn University student-teaching agreement for 2026–2031. No new competitive solicitation or major contract award was discussed.

Staff presented a paraeducator mentoring program funded with returned Para-to-Teacher Apprenticeship funds. It includes a $500 annual stipend for each of 10 mentors, is planned to be sustainable for about five years at that level, and includes a classroom-support guide purchased for every para; no total purchase or program cost was stated. The superintendent raised a possible retirement incentive for board consideration, potentially a $25,000 health-retirement-account benefit paid over five years, but no decision was made; scenarios and management-fund impacts are to be reviewed before a possible January proposal. The district’s instructional support levy expires June 30, 2028, and renewal planning was flagged for future discussion, not action.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Education
**Published:** November 10, 2026

### Sources
- [November 9th, 2026 - Muscatine School Board Regular Meeting and Organizational/Annual Board Meeting](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iguoZf1P7tA) - Muscatine Community School District