Spring - Klein Edition | May 2026

Education

BY ELLA BARNES & EMILY LINCKE

$20M surplus projected for KISD’s 202526 budget A $20 million surplus is projected for Klein ISD’s scal year 2025-26 budget, Chief Financial Ocer Daniel Schaefer said at the April 20 workshop. The overview Schaefer said the FY 2025-26 surplus will be put toward next scal year’s expected expenses of $20 million to balance out the two year cycle. This would put the district’s fund balance at $235.6 million for the next legislative session. Having a balanced budget created stability within the district, Schaefer said, allowing time to look into new ways of generating revenue and reducing expenses within the district’s control. Several factors could still aect the FY 2026-27 general budget before it is presented to the district on June 8, including an estimated 2% property value growth. However, the district won’t receive the ocial preliminary number until April 30.

Lone Star College hosting graduations Graduates of Lone Star College System’s fall, spring and summer courses for the 2025-26 school year will receive diplomas at ceremonies to be held May 9-16, according to a May 4 news release from the college system.

Consumer Price Index increases since 2019 Despite funding increases, district buying power still falls below the CPI. U.S. Texas

$400

$321.94

$255.66

$300

$290.73

$200

$233.37

$100

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Dates to know

LSC-University Park May 15, 9 a.m. Berry Center,

Potential impacts of the FY 2026-27 budget include: • $900,000 for increased fuel costs from buses • $266,000 in Career and Technical Education certiication funding from the state

8877 Barker Cypress Road, Cypress www.lonestar.edu/upcommencement LSC-Online May 15, 3 p.m. LSC-University Park Visual and Performing Arts Center, 11144 Compaq Center W. Drive, Houston www.lonestar.edu/lsc-online/online- graduation

Plans to increase revenue include:

Increasing student enrollment and retainment

Improving attendance rates

NOTE: 2025 DATA DOES NOT INCLUDE OCTOBER. SOURCE: KLEIN ISDCOMMUNITY IMPACT

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