Denton | May 2026

Education

BY ADAM DOE

DISD to end year with $22M surplus

Denton ISD will end scal year 2025-26 with a roughly $22 million surplus, Jennifer Stewart, DISD’s executive budget director, said at an April 14 meeting. The overview The district’s revenue exceeded expenditures by nearly $22 mil- lion, mostly from Proposition A, a tax rate election voters approved in November that raised property taxes to $1.2069 per $100 valua- tion. It added about $27 million to the district’s revenue, osetting a $15 million decit. Texas House Bill 2 added state funding for teacher pay, special

education and trainings, increas- ing revenue by $19 million. The district’s revenue totaled roughly $388 million, $62 million over the previously budgeted revenue. Expenditures totaled $366 million, more than $20 million over initial projections. The surplus will help stabilize the fund balance, which will now be $88 million, DISD ocials said. Budget projections for FY 2026-27 show the district will receive $380 million in revenue and incur $370 in expenditures, giving the district a $10 million surplus, per Stewart’s report.

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Revenue and expenditure sources for Denton ISD

Expenditures

Revenue

$4M

$26.91M

$19.27M

$12.38M

Total $62M

Total $20.5M

$2.71M

$1.83M

$7.44M

$8.01M

House Bill 2 and compensation plan Mid-year compensation One-time costs Program support

Prop A tax rate election House Bill 2 One-time revenue State funding program changes

380

Denton

Wildridge

NOTE: NUMBERS HAVE BEEN ROUNDED

SOURCE: DENTON ISDCOMMUNITY IMPACT

Corinth

Landmark

35W

DISD employees to receive pay raises

Northlake

35E

Pecan Square

Furst Ranch

Treeline

Denton ISD employees will receive a pay increase starting in the 2026-27 school year following the board of trustees’ approval at a May 12 board meeting. By the numbers Teachers and librarians will receive a raise equivalent to 4% of the area median teacher salary. All other sta will receive a 2%

midpoint raise. The salary adjustments will cost the district about $9 million for scal year 2026-27, according to projections from Jason Rainey, the interim superintendent for human resources. After the raise, a new Denton ISD teacher will earn $63,500, up from $60,500.

Lewisville

Wildflower Ranch

377

35W

Flower Mound

Roanoke

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