Education
BY DANICA LLOYD
Cy-Fair ISD approves $1.16 billion budget, eciency audit Elementary students within 1 mile of campus or middle or high school students within 2 miles of campus will not have bus service in 2024-25 unless they live on routes with hazardous conditions. Also of note The board also voted June 17 to hire an outside The eciency audit Cy-Fair ISD will be compared to peer districts in the following categories:
Cy-Fair ISD’s board unanimously approved a $1.16 billion scal year 2024-25 budget June 17, which included a $77.5 million shortfall. Chief Financial Ocer Karen Smith said the district will use reserves to ll the remaining gap. While plans do not include layos, the admin- istration cut more than 600 positions and reas- signed many employees for next school year to shrink the original $138 million shortfall. The details Smith said ination, the expiration of pandem- ic-era federal stimulus funds and a lack of state funding increases have impacted the budget. CFISD will invest $17 million on sta raises and on increasing the starting teacher salary from $62,000 to $63,000 in 2024-25. Most employees will see a 2% raise, while administrators will receive a 1% raise, Smith said. The budget also included bus service cuts to save $4.78 million, according to the district.
• Accountability ratings • Financial ratings • Student demographics • Attendance rates • Enrollment • Revenue and expenses
• Staff ratios • Teacher turnover rates • Special programs • Fund balance for the past ive years
rm to conduct an eciency audit. Superin- tendent Doug Killian said he hopes the audit identies cost-saving measures the administration hasn’t yet considered. Calling a voter-approval tax rate election, or VATRE, in most cases requires Texas school dis- tricts to conduct an eciency audit no later than four months before the election, according to the Texas Association of School Business Ocials. This means the district could have a VATRE on the ballot as soon as November to generate an esti- mated $109 million in additional taxpayer dollars if approved. However, Killian has previously said this isn’t an ideal solution.
SOURCES: CYFAIR ISD, TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS COMMUNITY IMPACT
TASBO’s website states the audit doesn’t decide whether a district can call for an election, but it can be a resource for voters. Smith said the board can expect a report on the audit’s results in August or September.
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