BY HANNAH JOHNSON
The outlook
Looking ahead
FISD is projected to lose $17 million in revenue due to declining enrollment in the 2025-26 school year, according to preliminary budget development. For the district’s operating budget, preliminary numbers show a $5.4 million revenue shortfall in 2025-26. Inflation has increased by more than 20% since 2019—the last time Texas legislators increased the basic allotment, which is $6,160 per student. Cost for fuel has increased 37% while utilities have jumped 29% since 2020. General insurance policies have the biggest inflationary change with a 179% increase, according to FISD data. The Texas House and Senate have drafted budgets that could increase public education funding by about $4.9 billion for the 2025 legislative session. Adjusting the basic allotment to restore the district’s buying power from 2019 would mean a $1,340 increase, Smith said. While Access Frisco is one avenue the district will use to generate revenue, district officials have identified several cost-savings measures for the 2025- 26 school year. One measure includes staffing efficiencies and restructuring, which is expected to save $15.2 million. This will not be a reduction in force, but instead restructures the available positions. FISD’s board is expected to adopt the 2025-26 fiscal year budget in June.
Frisco ISD is projected to lose 1,100 students in the 2025-26 school year, said Kimberly Smith, chief finance and strategy officer, during a Feb. 24 budget workshop. The district is seeing fewer kindergartners than graduating seniors. Students in the district have also been lost to private and charter schools and homeschooling, Smith said. The Access Frisco program is designed to use the staffing that is in place at campuses, Kolni said. Student’s admission to a campus will not require the district to hire new staff or reassign existing staff, district officials said. The new students will help balance FISD’s class sizes and will help campuses maintain a high level of educational quality, Leal said. “This program is designed to enhance, not dis- rupt, the experience for all students by optimizing available resources,” he said. FISD intends to expand enrollment to include grades 8-12 in the 2026-27 school year.
FISD historical and projected enrollment
Frisco ISD’s enrollment is expected to drop by 7,000 students by 2029—a 10% decrease since the district’s enrollment peak in 2022.
Enrollment
Projected enrollment
2018-19
62,705
2019-20 2020-21
63,493
65,825
2021-22
66,916
2022-23
66,818
2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29
65,323
64,118
63,033
62,006
60,686 59,567
SOURCE: FRISCO ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
By the numbers
The program will help maintain financial stabil- ity. In May, Frisco ISD officials adopted a budget with a shortfall potential of $30.8 million for the 2024-25 school year. Several revenue-generating options were con- sidered for FY 2024-25 and FY 2025-26, including a voter-approved tax rate election—which voters denied in November—that would have generated about $12 million. Opening the district’s enroll- ment was one option to generate revenue.
FISD general fund budgets
Revenue Expenses
$800M $600M $400M $200M $0
2021-22 2020-21 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25
Fiscal year
SOURCE: FRISCO ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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