Education
BY GABBY BAILEY & PATRICIA ORTIZ
Keller ISD predicts $6.73M enrollment funding loss Keller ISD’s board of trustees had a first look at the upcoming school year’s budget at a regular board meeting Jan. 22, which revealed a projected loss in funding due to declining enrollment. In a nutshell Basis for district budget The district budget for the 2026-27 school year will be estimated with the following assumptions: No new state or federal revenue
NISD OKs limited open enrollment
Northwest ISD officials announced Feb. 2 that the district will have limited open enrollment for the 2026-27 school year. What’s happening The program, which allows students not zoned for NISD to attend its schools, is limited to campuses with space available, a district release states. The list of open campuses can be found on NISD’s website. The plan is to prevent campus closures, consolidations and rezoning that would move students to campuses farther from their homes. Some NISD areas are seeing declining enrollment from buildout, the release states. Families within 30 miles of NISD have until March 1 to submit an application on the district’s website. Families will be notified of their students’ acceptance by April 1.
The district is expected to lose $6.73 million in funding because fewer students are enrolling in KISD, Superintendent Cory Wilson said. Enrollment in the district has been decreasing since the 2021-22 school year, according to previous reporting, and has seen a 12.5% decrease in enrollment from 2021-25. “Federal revenue is a very big question mark based on what’s going on in [Washington D.C.] with the Department of Education and how some programs like [the Title programs] will be impacted,” Wilson said. The 2026-27 budget estimations will also consider a 1% raise for all staff, automatic pay increases for eligible employees, operation costs
Flat tax growth
A balanced budget
Enrollment decline of 1,083 students
94% average daily attendance
SOURCE: KELLER ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
for the district and replacements for district technology. Wilson said most of KISD’s iPads will not meet state requirements for testing next year. The budget is expected to be set in June.
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