EDUCATION BRIEFS
News from Pflugerville ISD
HIGHLIGHTS PFLUGERVILLE ISD District officials enacted a pilot program that would position instructional aides in libraries at Pflugerville and Windermere elementary schools for the 2022-23 school year. The Pflugerville Education Association protested the program June 16, but trustees have not said they will pivot away from the decision. HUTTO ISD The district’s gifted and talented, or GT, task force gave a presentation at a June 9 board meeting. The group recommended developing a written plan for standards of service in the GT program and providing annual updates to the board on GT students’ performance. Pflugerville ISD board of trustees Meets July 21 at 7 p.m. 1401 W. Pecan St., Pflugerville 512-594-0000 www.pfisd.net Hutto ISD board of trustees MEETINGS WE COVER
Pflugerville ISD officials discuss measures to curb deficit for 2022-23
District officials are considering three tax rate options to reduce a projected deficit in the 2022-23 school year. The 2021-22 tax rate is $1.388. OPTION 1 $1.2446 tax rate: equals a $0.1434 decrease from previous year OPTION 2 $1.2646 tax rate: equals a $0.1234 decrease from previous year OPTION 3 $1.2846 tax rate: equals a $0.1034 decrease from previous year THREE SCENARIOS
BY BRIAN RASH
million in expenses for the next school year, which would result in a roughly $12.8 million deficit overall without a VATRE and about $7 million with a VATRE. Included in the expenses is a substantial state recapture payment of about $17.68 million through a program com- monly referred to as Robin Hood. During the budget discussion, trustees agreed that a VATRE is one of the best options the district can utilize to stop the budgetary bleeding. Additionally, Land said there are several different scenarios within a VATRE that would result in varying deficits for the district. Those scenarios would result in a high-end deficit of about $7 million for a VATRE option that brings a $0.1434 decrease in the 2022-23 tax rate from the previous year’s rate of $1.388. A projected low-end deficit of $756,421 would result through a $0.1034 tax rate decrease from the
PFLUGERVILLE ISD District officials are considering various strat- egy options to mitigate a projected $12.8 million shortfall for the 2022-23 school year. The PfISD board of trustees heard some of those strategies at a June 16 meeting. PfISD Chief Financial Officer Jen- nifer Land walked the board through updated financial information for 2021-22 and financial estimates for the 2022-23 fiscal year. According to Land, one strategy for budget relief would be to initiate a tax ratification election for November, similar to the one the district held but that did not pass in November 2021. Land forecast $258.6 million in tax revenue for the 2022-23 school year without a voter-approval tax ratifica- tion election, or VATRE, and $263.2 million with a successful VATRE. Land projected roughly $271.4
SOURCE: PFLUGERVILLE ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
2021-22 school year rate. PfISD Trustee Vernagene Mott said budget discussions will continue throughout the summer along with public hearings as district officials continue to explore measures to reduce the projected deficit.
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