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NORTHWEST ISD
committee will convene this year to determine the district’s needs for the coming years. “You’re going to be growing for a very long time,” Bob Templeton of Zonda Education told the district at a June 27 work session. Those student numbers are re ected in the budgets for both dis- tricts for scal year 2022-23 along with the need to recruit and retain teachers and sta . The KISD board of trustees approved an additional $8.6 million in compensation for its sta this school year. The board for NISD, meanwhile, increased spending by $5.45 million for the additional pay for sta . Keller ISD The KISD board of trustees approved the district’s FY 2022-23 budget at the June 21 meeting. The district’s budget includes nearly $349.35 million in general fund expenditures, nearly $15.1 million for food service and $76.58 million in debt service payments. The district’s property tax rate, which is scheduled to go before the board of trustees on Sept. 26, is expected to be lower than the FY 2021-22 rate of $1.3440 per $100 val- uation, according to discussions at a June budget workshop. Wrehe said the district lost about 948 students in the months after the pandemic. It gained about 500 stu- dents last school year and is expected to gain another 365 students this school year, he said. The projected enrollment this year is 35,178, according to the district. A bigger concern during budget discussions was student attendance. Revenue from the state is based in large part on average daily atten- dance. When students miss school,
*Projected
PROPERTY TAX RATE HISTORY
Keller ISD’s preliminary property tax rate is the same as last year’s rate. A vote on a nal rate is set for Sept. 26.
Northwest ISD trustees were scheduled to approve a slightly lower rate for scal year 2022-23 at their Aug. 22 meeting.
$2.0 $1.5 $1.0 $0.5 $0.0 Maintenance and operations rate
Debt service rate
Maintenance and operations rate
Debt service rate
$2.0 $1.5 $1.0 $0.5 $0.0
RECAPTURE PAYMENTS
Recapture payments redistribute revenues from property- wealthy districts in Texas to property-poor districts.
Northwest ISD’s recapture payment continues to rise as property values within its borders increase. $30M $22.5M $15M $7.5M $0
$4M $3M $2M $1M $0
ENROLLMENT TRENDS
Keller ISD’s projected enrollment this school year is expected to bring the district back to prepandemic levels.
Northwest ISD is the fastest-growing district in North Texas and one of the fastest-growing in the state.
0 32,500 35,000 37,500 40,000
0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000
+8.7%
+4%
+0.34%
+1.44%
+4.2%
+1.2% +9.2%
+0.6%
-2.69% +1.05%
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