EDUCATION BRIEFS
News from Hays & San Marcos CISDs
QUOTE OF NOTE
Area school districts approve FY 2022-23 budgets Hays CISD approves $306.58 million budget
Hays CISD Meets Aug. 22 and 29 at 5:30 p.m. at the Historic Buda Elementary Campus, 300 San Marcos St., Buda 512-268-2141 • www.hayscisd.net San Marcos CISD MEETINGS WE COVER Meets July 18 at 6 p.m. at San Marcos High School, 2601 Rattler Road, San Marcos 512-393-6700 • www.smcisd.net brings the stipends up to $2,000 and $3,500 respectively. According to SMCISD staff, the increase adds $70,000 to the budget based on the number of teachers currently holding graduate degrees. The base salary for a new teacher with no prior teaching experience is $52,000 annually. “EVERYTHING THAT WE ACCOMPLISH STARTS HERE WITH [THE BOARD]. Y’ALL CARE ABOUT OUR KIDS, CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, CARE ABOUT THE STAFF.” ERIC WRIGHT, HAYS CISD SUPERINTENDENT, FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF THE 2022-23 BUDGET DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS HAYS CISD The board of trustees approved a five-year extension to the contract for Superintendent Eric Wright on June 28. He first became superintendent of the district in January 2018 and will serve until June 30, 2027. SAN MARCOS CISD The board of trustees unanimously approved an increase of $500 to annual teacher salary stipends for those who have a master’s degree or Ph.D. The current stipend allots for an additional $1,500 for a master’s degree and $3,000 for a doctorate annually. That
SMCISD approves 2022-23 budget, proposes tax rate
NEW SCHOOL YEAR, NEW BUDGET Both school districts in Hays County passed their budgets for the 2022-23 fiscal year in June.
BY ZARA FLORES
HAYS CISD The board of trustees adopted the 2022-23 fiscal year budget of $306.58 million at a special meeting June 28. The new budget reflects a $31 million, or 11.59% increase, from the 2021-22 original budget and a $24 million, or 8.66% increase, from the 2021-22 amended budget, according to district documents, and continues to increase along with the growth of the county. Student enrollment has also risen over the years by about 3,600 students from 2017 to what is projected for 2023, which is one of the factors evaluated when the budget was put together. The new 7% cost-of-living adjustment for all employees was also taken into account. The general operating fund was allocated $224.66 million for counsel- ing and social work services, health, transportation, community service and other essential district operations; $10.45 million will go to the child nutrition fund while $71.47 million will go to the debt service fund. The estimated revenue for the bud- get is $295.44 million with more than half of that coming from property taxes at $196.33 million, a $40 million increase from the 2021-22 budget. The budget comes with an $11.14 million deficit, which will be watched closely throughout the year, Chief Financial Officer Randall Rau said at the meeting.
BY ERIC WEILBACHER
SAN MARCOS CISD The board of trustees adopted the 2022-23 fiscal year budget of $119.60 million with revenue projected at $110.75 million during a June 20 meeting. A budget deficit of more than $14 million and a debt services surplus of more than $5 million were also projected. The district will enter the upcom- ing school year with a fund balance of $49.62 million, however, meaning about $35.70 million would remain in the district’s fund balance by the end of the next school year. The district also proposed no change in the tax rate, maintain- ing $0.9015 for maintenance and operation, or M&O, and $0.2691 for interest and sinking, or I&S, that pays the debt services fund, making for a total of $1.1706 per $100 valuation. An official tax rate will be presented at a date later this summer before the start of the school year, but each pro- posed rate represents a maximum, according to district staff. An estimated total of $70.25 million is projected in local revenue; $10.84 million in state revenue and $935,000 in federal revenue will go toward the general fund. An additional $23.48 million in local revenue will go toward debt service and $336,670 toward food service. An additional $4.90 million in state revenue is budgeted for food service.
HAYS CISD Anticipated total revenue:
$295.44M
Anticipated state/ federal/other revenue: $91.37M
Anticipated local revenue: $204.07M
$306.58M $11.14M
Total expenditures: Deficit: Projected surplus from 2021-22 budget:
$77.75M
SAN MARCOS CISD
Anticipated total revenue:
$110.75M
Anticipated state/ federal revenue: $16.68M
Anticipated local revenue: $94.07M
$119.6M $14.17M
Total expenditures: Deficit: Projected surplus from 2021-22 budget
$50.05M
SOURCES: SAN MARCOS CISD, HAYS CISD/ COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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