# MISD Board Regular Meeting - 2026 - 11-12

The MISD Board’s regular meeting, identified in the title as November 12, 2026, focused on school funding, district finances, and advocacy with state legislators. The board discussed the district’s previously approved school bond planned for a February ballot, which would help address facility upgrades required under state clean-building standards; speakers noted that bond passage requires a supermajority. The superintendent also reported that statewide bond measures were generally struggling, while capital-project and education-and-operations levies were more often passing. No new contract awards, vendor selections, or bid approvals were identified in the transcript.

During the year-end financial report, staff reviewed spending that included $12.17 million in capital projects, $9.1 million in debt service, and $684,436 in transportation expenditures. District representatives described funding pressures including a roughly $4 million annual gap in special-education costs, a $1.06 million deficit in substitute-teacher costs, rising insurance and fuel expenses, and a retroactive reduction in bus depreciation funding from nearly $8 million to about $400,000. The district said it had reduced travel and professional-development spending to manage its budget. Four electric buses had been purchased previously, but the district said funding changes make it unlikely to recover their costs over their useful lives. The meeting also covered a developing district technology policy and the use and cost of phone-locking pouches; no related purchasing action was taken.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Education, Construction & Infrastructure
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding
**Published:** November 13, 2026

### Sources
- [MISD Board Regular Meeting - 2026 - 11-12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvuVYAr_TG4) - MISD Communications