EDUCATION BRIEFS
News from Alvin ISD & Pearland ISD
COMPILED BY DANIEL WEEKS & ANDY YANEZ
Friendswood ISD will meet at 5:45 p.m. July 19 at 402 Laurel Drive, Friendswood. Alvin ISD will meet at noon Aug. 3 for a workshop and 7 p.m. Aug. 9 for a regular meeting at 301 E. House St., Alvin. Meeting recordings are posted to the district’s YouTube channel. MEETINGS WE COVER OTHER HIGHLIGHTS PEARLAND ISD The board of trustees at its June 14 regular meeting approved the fiscal year 2022-23 budget in an unanimous vote. PISD is expected to see $236.06 million in total revenue, $128.7 million of which comes from local sources. Additionally, the estimated tax rate, which will be finalized at a future meeting, is $1.2931 per $100 valuation, Chief Financial Officer Jorgannie Carter said. PISD expects to have $243.43 million in expenditures for the 2022- 23 school year. The district will end with a deficit of $7.37 million for the school year. Some $170.78 million of the district’s expenditures is designated for payroll costs, Carter said. The trustees in April approved a 2% raise across the board for the 2022-23 school year.
Alvin ISD seeks tax reduction for first time since 2018-19 school year ALVIN ISD The board of trustees held its annual budget and tax rate public hearing June 14 to approve the fiscal year 2022-23 budget and tentative tax rate. Chief Financial Officer Daniel Combs presented a budget report to the board as the culmination of the six-month budgeting process. The projected FY 2022-23 tax rate is $1.3777 per $100 valuation. This is a $0.02 decrease from the approved tax rate for the previous three years: $1.3977. In 2018, the board committed to maintaining a tax rate at or below $1.45 per $100 of valuation. Under the new tax rate, the owner of a $250,000 home would pay $3,444.25 in property taxes to AISD compared to $3,494.25 under the FY 2021-22 rate—a savings of $50. While the budget and projected tax rate were unani- mously approved by the board, the tax rate is not final. “Many people don’t understand this: [The Texas Educa- tion Agency] calculates Alvin ISD’s annual tax rate, not the Alvin ISD board,” Combs said. The rate will remain tentative until further notice from the TEA. According to the presentation, the TEA will send a maximum compressed tax rate to the AISD board in August, and the rate is anticipated to be adopted in September. According to Combs’ presentation, the total projected budget for the upcoming school year is $339.85 million,
TAX RATE DROP
Alvin ISD’s proposed tax rate for fiscal year 2022-23 is lower than it was in previous years.
$1.50 $1.475 $1.45 $1.425 $1.40 $1.375 0
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*PER $100 VALUATION **TAX RATE NOT YET FINAL
SOURCE: ALVIN ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
a 6% increase from the previous school year’s budget of $320.40 million. The general fund expenditures budget, or how the budget is projected to be spent, shows 61.8% of the budget will be geared toward instruction. According to Combs’ presentation, this is higher than the FY 2020-21 statewide average of 58.9% of district budget spent on instructional services. Compared to the FY 2021-22 budget, an additional approximately $3 million will be allocated toward the main- tenance of district property, and an additional $556,000 will be spent on police. The board previously approved a 3% raise for all staff for the 2022-23 school year and a starting salary for teachers at $61,100. These items are included in the budget.
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