ENROLLMENT LAGS A large portion of the revenue that goes to the Fort Bend ISD budget is based on enrollment. In May, district enrollment lagged behind projections by nearly 1,000 students. Actual enrollment Projected enrollment
COMPENSATION COMPARISONS
FIRST-YEAR TEACHER PAY
According to May 2021 data, a pay bump in 2021-22 put Fort Bend ISD starting teacher compensation on par with similar districts.
Galena Park ISD: $60,850 Alief ISD: $59,700 Spring Branch ISD: $59,000 Pearland ISD: $59,000 Cy-Fair ISD: $58,500 Fort Bend ISD: $58,500
KLEIN ISD
TOMBALL ISD
59
290
SPRING ISD
-2.95% -1.29%
ALDINE ISD
90K
CY FAIR ISD
-5.52%
-0.84%
99 TOLL
+0.68%
45
+0.48%
Aldine ISD: $58,000 Klein ISD: $57,800 Spring ISD: $57,425 Katy ISD: $57,365 Houston ISD: $56,869 Tomball ISD: $56,700
80K
SPRING BRANCH ISD
KATY ISD
GALENA PARK ISD
10
HOUSTON ISD
70K
ALIEF ISD
610
6
20K
288
FORT BEND ISD
PEARLAND ISD
N
0
SOURCES: FORT BEND ISD, HOUSTON ISD, POPULATION AND SURVEY ANALYSTS/COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
shortfall down from $75.7 million to $55.4 million. “While it doesn’t fix our problem, it gives us some capacity to deal with the ongoing revenues in a consistent way,” Guinn said. The possibility of a tax rate election comes as the district looks to meet its growing needs by spend- ing $3.55 million to add 69 positions for the 2022-23 school year, including 27 special education teachers. In addition, at its May 16 meeting, the board approved pay changes worth $14.7 million. Starting in the 2022- 23 school year, the starting teacher pay will go from $58,500 to $59,500.
FBISD has forecasted with the addition of new facilities and staff to fill those facilities as the dis- trict grows, with no corrective financial supple- ment in place, the budget shortfall will grow to $75.7 million by the 2024-25 school year. One proposal from the district to help make up the shortfall in future years is a voter-approval tax rate election. If voters approved one in November, the district would be able to increase its tax rate to increase the district’s revenue. That means a $0.02 increase proposal approved by voters would cut the projected 2024-25 school year
Meanwhile, Whitbeck said it is “highly likely” a bond election is on its way in 2022 to meet the dis- trict’s growing facility needs. The last bond, at nearly $993 million, was approved by over 70% of voters in 2018. “Those needs—like roofs, HVAC systems and the growth in the district—have not changed,” Whitbeck said.
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