Education
BY BRITTANY ANDERSON
EISD OKs new budget with $7.1M shortfall Eanes ISD is heading into the 2025-26 school year with a $7.1 million projected general fund budget shortfall, but a multi-billion dollar Texas House bill could slash this by $1.4 million later this summer. The budget was adopted June 26 in a 4-2 vote with trustees John Troy and Catherine Walker dissenting. Trustee Laura Clark was not present at the meeting. The board also approved the 2025-26 compensa- tion plan in a 6-0 vote. The details Features of the adopted budget include a general fund budget of $165.1 million in revenues and $172.2 million in expenditures, resulting in a $7.1 million shortfall. The estimated tax rate is $0.8323, down from $0.8855 in 2024-25. The adopted budget was prepared based on a projected enrollment of 7,300—down from 7,598 in
LTISD sees slight rise in positive drug tests Lake Travis ISD saw five more positive student drug tests during the 2024-25 school year compared to last year, according to Tasha Barker, LTISD’s assistant superinten- dent for organizational services. LTISD’s drug testing program collects results from middle and high school stu- dents who are randomly selected through- out the school year. In 2024-25, there were 3,252 students enrolled in the program. Of those, 764 were selected and tested. Per the data: • 5.2% of tests were positive in 2024-25 • 3.4% of tests were positive in 2023-24 • 3% of tests were positive in 2022-23 • 4.6% of tests were positive in 2021-22 • Less than 1% of tests were positive in 2019-20
Impact of House Bill 2 on Eanes ISD
New revenue Required expenditures
Teacher retention allotment $2,570,000 Non-admin salary allotment $312,732
$2,852,700
$347,132
- Special education initial evaluation allotment $250,000 - Allotment for basic cost $773,800 - $55 basic allotment increase $461,450
School safety allotment $218,574 Total $4,586,556
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$3,199,832
SOURCE: EANES ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
2024-25—and current law as of May. Chief Financial Officer Chris Scott said House Bill 2, an $8.5 billion school funding bill adopted during the most recent Texas legislative session, was not finalized enough to implement in the budget ahead of EISD’s 2025-26 fiscal year, which starts July 1.
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