Education
BY MARK FADDEN & HEATHER MCCULLOUGH
GCISD predicts $1.28M budget deficit for 2025-26 Grapevine-Colleyville ISD Chief Financial Officer David Johnson gave another budget update to the board of trustees May 19, predicting a $1.28 million April 14 meeting May 19 meeting
Carroll ISD gives staffing updates after public backlash Superintendent Jeremy Glenn provided details June 2 on the status of several Carroll ISD positions after the district received community pushback. The gist Glenn said several jobs were reinstated amid the public outcry as the district tries to circumvent possible funding issues through its Budget Reduction Advisory Committee. CISD hired four new principals as of June 2, which include those positions at Carroll Senior High School and Carroll High School. Carroll Senior High School principal Ryan Wilson and Christina Benhoff, principal of Carroll High School, left CISD after their contracts were not renewed beyond 2025-26.
+0.29%
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budget deficit for the 2025-26 school year. The budget deficit decreased approximately $190,000 since the district’s original projected deficit was presented at the April 14 special session. The details According to Johnson’s presentation, the district increased the projected revenue for the 2025-26 fiscal year by $400,364. Expenditures have also increased by $205,937 since the April 14 report. Changes to House Bill 2, which was sent to Gov. Greg Abbott at the time of publication, would increase the basic student allotment—or how much money the district receives for student attendance—by $55, down from the $395 that was approved by the House of Representatives April 16. With the current state law, the district expects $140.3 million in basic allotment funding. The
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SOURCE: GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
state hasn’t raised the basic student allotment from $6,160 since 2019. The final budget will be presented June 16 for board approval, Johnson said.
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