(Audubon, Iowa) – Members of the Audubon School Board, Monday night, received an update from Superintendent Eric Trager, with regard to actions/inaction by the Iowa Legislature, the District’s Building Project, and other matters. Like many other Superintendents, Eric Trager is frustrated by a lack of definitive action from the Legislature, with regard to teacher pay and School Supplemental Aid (SSA).

He said their March meetings are typically pretty big, because they approve salaries and talked through the budget, but “Unfortunately, our legislature has not done what they need to do so that we can do what we need to do.”

He said they’re also waiting on establishing the school calendar.

Trager says a much of the delays seem to be tied up with the AEA reform bill, which the Senate passed Monday night. A different version resides with the Iowa House.

He says the good news is that the Governor’s proposal on the AEA’s got a lot of public attention, and the legislature appears to be willing to find a compromise with the governor. Still, it’s frustrating for school officials. In other business, the Audubon School Board, Monday night, approved the purchase of a Suburban.

They also approved the repair of a school roof where they HVAC units were removed.

And, because they are currently fully staffed, there was no action on personnel matters during the meeting.

Their final order of business was to approve the transfer of funds from the General-to Activity Account for Safety Equipment, and from the Management to General Fund, in order to repay a loan.