District overview

Pella Community School District

How Pella schools are governed, funded, and changing.

What shapes the district budget?

State formula funding supplemented by local levies and capital funds

Pella receives Iowa school-formula funding and uses local property-tax, PPEL, SAVE, and bond resources for operations and facilities. During this review the Board adopted the 2026-2027 certified budget, approved a budget-guarantee levy resolution, and continued capital-project planning.

Special-program costs affect spending authority

The Board requested $1,100,594.17 in modified allowable growth for a fiscal-year 2025 special-education deficit and $51,971.82 for excess English-learner costs.

Capital planning continues

The Board approved summer PPEL/SAVE projects and later reviewed remaining bond-project spending.

The annual budget was adopted

The Board approved the 2026-2027 certified budget after a public hearing with no comments.

The reviewed minutes do not provide a single current per-student spending figure paired with a matching enrollment denominator.

What is on the public record

Official Board records reviewedverified

26 documents

FY2025 special-education deficit authority requestverified

1,100,594.17 dollars

Comparable spending per studentcontext

not stated data gap

The reviewed minutes include budget and project actions but not one current audited spending numerator paired with enrollment.

Major projects

Baseball and softball field upgrades

Upgrade plan approved

The Board approved the baseball and softball field upgrade plan in August 2026.

Next: Later Board records should document design, financing, bids, and construction timing.

Aug 24, 2026The Board approved the upgrade plan on a 5-0 vote.

Funding

Not stated in the reviewed minutes.

The minutes establish plan approval but do not state a total project cost.

Remaining bond projects

Planning discussion underway

The Board reviewed final bond spending and remaining project planning in July 2026.

Next: Specific projects require later scopes, bids, and Board approvals.

Jul 20, 2026The Board discussed the planning phase for remaining bond projects.

Funding

Existing district bond proceeds.

The minutes do not allocate a complete amount to each remaining project.

Recent news

All 26 distinct official Google Docs minutes/record PDFs in the review window were downloaded, text-extracted, reviewed chronologically, and reconciled to 26 reports.

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