Education
BY JAMES T. NORMAN & HALEY VELASCO
Clear Creek ISD talks budget for FY 2024 25 Clear Creek ISD o cials are looking at how to solve various challenges in the district’s budget ahead of scal year 2024-25. What you need to know For FY 2024-25, the district is projected to have about $13 million more in expenses than revenue, budget documents show. The decline of student enrollment is one of the main challenges at CCISD, which a ects the amount of state funding it receives, according to a March 4 presentation from the district. CCISD will also have to increase funding to add sta due to more students in the special education and bilingual programs, agenda documents show. To add revenue and save money, CCISD has used capital and contingency funds, and reduced sta through attrition for the past two years, budget documents show.
Clear Creek ISD to have 1 competitive race in May election Clear Creek ISD had four candidates le by the Feb. 16 deadline for the three seats set to be on the ballot, including all three incum- bents, according to election lings from the district’s website. The gist District 4, currently held by trustee Je Larson, will be the lone competitive race for the district, with Albert Wittli as the lone challenger, according to election lings. District 5, as well as the seat for at-large Position A, are also set to appear on the ballot in May for CCISD. However, only the incumbents—Jay Cunningham in District 5 and Jonathan Cottrell for at-large Position A— led by the Feb. 16 deadline, lings show.
Funding challenges at Clear Creek ISD Despite declining enrollment overall, an increase in students within various programs at CCISD calls for more funding.
2019-2020 2022-2023
Total enrollment
42,234
-4.18%
40,469
Special education program
5,723 4,864
+17.66%
Bilingual program
5,671 5,442
+4.21%
Economically disadvantaged students
11,955
+26.02%
15,066
SOURCE: CLEAR CREEK ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT
Clear Creek ISD purchases 3 specialty school buses
"What’s great about this purchase is it’s open to more people. There are drivers who can drive these who may not be
Since the buses only require a Class C driver’s license to operate—while a normal school bus requires a commercial driver’s license, or CDL—it will help with sta ng shortages, o cials said at the district’s Feb. 26 meeting. The district received o ers from multiple ven- dors, and purchased the buses from Rush Truck Centers. The buses will be paid for using bond money, according to district agenda documents.
Clear Creek ISD’s board of trustees at its Feb. 26 meeting approved the purchase of three lift- equipped school buses for $375,000 total to deal with a bus driver shortage. The overview The buses purchased are Type A Lift Equipped buses, which transport Special Services students, agenda documents show.
able to drive one of the bigger buses. Anything we can do to make that easier for [the drivers]."
SCOTT BOWEN, CCISD TRUSTEE
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