Stewartville Public Schools — Transcript
Monday, June 8, 2026
Approval of Donations
Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027
Designation of Education Identity Access Management Official
Minnesota State High School League Membership
Open Enrollment Transportation Fee Structure
Votes (5)
Resolution to consider and approve the donations
Dissent: None
Moved by Mr. Lman [3:30] · Seconded by Miss Kefir [3:34]
The board discussed the significant amount of donations received, highlighting their origin from local businesses and individuals. The donations were noted to primarily benefit the BPA leadership conference and various academic and enrichment activities for Bonner and BCI, providing crucial opportunities for students.
Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027
Dissent: None
Moved by Mr. G [33:57] · Seconded by Mr. Lman [34:00]
Mr. Sharter presented the detailed preliminary budget, covering the general fund, restricted funds (operating capital, basic skills, LTFM, medical assistance), food service, community education, debt service, and OPED. Key points included the projected 9.21% fund balance for the general fund, decreases in operating capital due to major projects (solar panels, baseball/softball diamonds, football uniforms), and challenges with basic skills revenue due to legislative changes. Significant growth in medical assistance revenue was noted, along with a plan to address the LTFM deficit. A five-year projection was also shared, illustrating the impact of various levy increase scenarios for informational purposes.
Resolution for designating the identified official with authority for the education identity access management as Guy Johnson
Dissent: None
Moved by Mr. G [35:25] · Seconded by Miss Kefir [35:28]
The discussion focused on the administrative necessity of designating Guy Johnson as the official for education identity access management. The purpose is to transfer authority from the current superintendent to Mr. Johnson, enabling him to manage access to secured MDE website reports. The urgency was noted due to potential processing delays by MDE, ensuring Mr. Johnson has the authority by his start date of July 1st.
Resolution for the Minnesota State High School League membership
Dissent: None
Moved by Mr. Lman [36:45] · Seconded by Miss Kefir [36:47]
The board briefly discussed the annual resolution for Minnesota State High School League membership. It was confirmed that there were no changes to the membership terms, making it a routine approval item.
Open enrollment transportation fee discussion
Dissent: None
Moved by Troy G [44:31] · Seconded by Miss Kefir [45:51]
The board revisited the open enrollment transportation fee, exploring options to implement a family cap, a suggestion brought forward by board members Mr. G and Chair O'Neal. Data presented compared different daily rates ($1.00, $1.50, $2.00) with and without a cap at two riders, illustrating the impact on revenue and family costs. The target revenue increase of $20,000 was a guiding factor. Board members expressed concerns that an uncapped fee could deter families from open enrolling, stressing the importance of balancing revenue goals with community goodwill and accessibility.
Notable Quotes (10)
just that we really appreciate all of the donations that uh come from our community businesses and organizations. They allow us to provide um a multitude of opportunities for our students and very appreciative.
So at this point we're looking at ending with a projected balance of 2,530,720 which is a 9.21% fund balance a decrease right now of just over 107,000 for the year.
we are generating about 10 times what uh other schools our size are generating in that uh regard and I'm going to credit Courtney Gaye and Trisha Bredesen for the work that they do to ensure that we are building the right things that our staff are trained in the ways that they need to be to build for the time that they spend with students with special needs.
The thing that I try not to get caught into, and this this also kind of is just like the co funding is, we don't know from year to year what our actual MA revenue is going to be. So, if it's 200,000 this year and all of a sudden we go, "Okay, we're gonna we're going to hire staff and we're going to code them here and the next year it's 50,000, we've got a problem because now we've got to move those staff back out, code them to our unassigned fund and now all of a sudden we have problems there.
Over here typically I don't worry about this actually even 29 is a little bit like there's so much that's going to happen between now and that fiscal year that but I wanted to at least give you guys a visual of just seeing uh what that impact would look like going forward.
Miss Sers wanted to get this process started as sometimes it takes a little bit of time. So this is the um Mr. Johnson will have the authority then to assign people to the secured reports on the MDE website. Not everybody can get the information on MD. You have to have permission from the superintendent to get to those sites. And so this will transfer that responsibility from me to him.
No, there's no changes.
So, our target was 20,000. You viably could make a decision to change it where you are collecting $2 a day for one or two riders and capping it beyond that. if you capped it.
not having the cap discourage other families coming to the district. It could.
I would make a motion that we cap the transportation for open enrollment to uh the at two riders for family. Motion by Troy Guys to cap open enrollment fee at two riders for more at $2. You can put the amount in there if you want to. It's 684. That's the most any one family would pay is 684. So you're either going to pay 342. you have one student or you're going to be 684 no matter how many kids you have.
Ordinances & Resolutions (8)
Resolution for approving community and individual donations for student activities.
Financial plan outlining estimated revenues and expenditures for the upcoming fiscal year across various funds.
Resolution to appoint Guy Johnson to manage access to secured reports on the MDE website.
Annual resolution to renew membership with the Minnesota State High School League.
A student activity receiving community donations.
Academic and enrichment programs receiving community donations.
A capital project for which an OPED loan repayment is being made.
Minnesota Department of Education website, requiring specific access permissions for secured reports.