Education
BY BRITTANY ANDERSON & BROOKE SJOBERG
Projections show possible $13M shortfall for PfISD
Hutto ISD to expand virtual academy Hutto ISD will expand enrollment capacity for its virtual school option in the 2025-26 school year, Superintendent Jeni Neatherlin shared in March. What you need to know Neatherlin shared at a March Hutto Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon that the district plans to expand enrollment capacity for the upcoming school year to at least 70 students. 41 students enrolled for the program in the 2024-25 school year, with six students graduating from the program at the end of the semester, according to the district. Hutto Virtual Academy opened in the 2022-23 school year with just six students, according to the district. One student graduated that year.
Pflugerville ISD officials are reviewing the upcoming budget cycle and projecting a possible $13 million shortfall ahead of the new fiscal year that will now begin July 1. Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Land provided the board of trustees a preliminary look at the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget during the April 3 board meeting. Breaking it down Based on the district’s budget snapshot comparing the current FY 2024-25 budget to the FY 2025-26 budget, revenue is projected to grow to $294.3 million, up $4 million, but expenditures are estimated to increase to $307.8 million, up $10 million. Expenditures per students are also expected to increase from $10,563 to $12,039. The result is a projected shortfall of $13 million. Land said PfISD is moving from a Sept. 1-Aug. 31 fiscal year to a July 1-June 30 fiscal year, and
Impacting factors
2% raise for staff, which will cost about $4.9 million 13% inflationary costs for campus and department budgets $1.6 million lost in State Health and Related Services funding $1,114 in additional per-student funding needed to close gap between rising costs
SOURCE: PFLUGERVILLE ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
doing so means the district could contribute a one-time infusion to its fund balance of nearly $20 million in FY 2024-25. However, by FY 2025- 26, the fund balance would end at $78 million, down from $92 million.
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