By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette
During the regular meeting of the Panorama School Board on June 10, the board approved continuation of the Instructional Support Levy. Superintendent Kasey Huebner explained that
95% of districts in Iowa impose this levy to help fund any general fund purpose. The total levy program may not exceed 10% of the district’s regular program district cost. The revenues from the Instructional Support Program may be expended for any purpose allowed from the General Fund. The program may be funded by all property tax or a combination of property tax and income surtax.
“Currently, we have it set as 4% income surtax and the rest would be property tax,” Huebner said.
The board members reviewed several of the district’s proposed handbook updates.
Huebner explained that the proposed Middle School/High School Student Handbook for 2024-2025 changes the extracurricular eligibility rule for high school students to adopt the state rule. It says if a student fails a course at the semester, the student sits 20 days, not 30 days. The district would check at semester end, and if a student is deemed ineligible due to grades, the student would be required to sit out 20 days.
The proposed Elementary School 2024-2025 Handbook included only one change.
“The only change is adding that students in second grade and above can ride their bikes to school. We had some very young students riding bikes this year, which is a safety concern for those younger students,” Huebner said.
There were no changes in the Preschool Handbook.
The board approved all of the proposed handbooks and approved a first reading of the proposed Bullying/Harassment Handbook.
The board approved the Iowa State Student Teacher Cooperative Agreement, which allows student teachers from Iowa State to practice within the district.
The next regular meeting of the Panorama School Board will be Monday, July 8. The public is welcome.