EDUCATION BRIEFS
News from Hutto & P ugerville ISDs
Board to nalize $110.5 million budget for 2022 23 scal year
P ugerville ISD board of trustees Meets Aug. 18 at 7 p.m. 1401 W. Pecan St., P ugerville 512-594-0000 www.p sd.net Hutto ISD board of trustees MEETINGS WE COVER HIGHLIGHTS PFLUGERVILLE ISD Due to several scenarios that a ected attendance during the 2021-22 school year, the board of trustees approved a waiver request July 14 to help mitigate state funding losses. District documents state 16 campuses met the criteria for the waiver, including P ugerville and Connally high schools. HUTTO ISD The district adjusted its school meal policy for the 2022-23 school year. Breakfast will remain free for all students, but the district will return to charging for lunch. For students who do not qualify for free or reduced lunch, lunch rates are $2.65-$2.90.
BY CARSON GANONG HUTTO ISD Trustees approved the initial 2022-23 scal year budget June 23 at $110.49 million in operating expenses, marking a 14.43% increase over operating expenses in the previous year’s budget. HISD Chief Financial O cer Glenn Graham said in ation and growth account for most of that increase. The district added 66 new instruc- tional positions for the 2022-23 school year, and trustees previously approved 4% pay raises for all district sta . Employee salaries account for 78.15% of the budget’s expenses at $86.35 million. “Really, it’s about growth in sta and students,” Graham said. “Sup- plies and payroll expenses are your main drivers.” The budget projects $103.85 million in operational revenue, which makes for a de cit of $6.64 million. However, Graham said the de cit is likely to shrink or even turn into a
INITIAL BUDGET
Hutto ISD ocials will approve the nal budget and tax rate in August for scal year 2022-23. $1.4029 Proposed 2022-23 tax rate $1.4203 2021-22 tax rate
Projected expenditures
$110.49 MILLION
Projected revenue
$103.85 MILLION
$6.64 MILLION DEFICIT
SOURCE: HUTTO ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
surplus by the end of the scal year due to the way payroll is budgeted. The amount budgeted for payroll assumes the district is fully sta ed for the entire school year, which Gra- ham said is unlikely to be the case. “Unless something changes in the market, I don’t know if we can ever become fully sta ed,” Graham said. The approved budget assumes a tax rate of $1.4029 per $100 valua- tion, but trustees will not vote on approving the tax rate until August. The assumed tax rate is broken
down into two parts, a $0.9429 main- tenance and operations rate used to fund district operations and a $0.46 interest and sinking rate used to pay o bond debt. The tax rate of $1.4029 is a decrease from the previous year’s rate of $1.4203, but district calcula- tions show the average homeowner can expect to pay more due to rising property valuations. Should trustees approve a di erent rate in August, the budget will need to be amended.
Meets Aug. 25 at 6 p.m. 200 College St., Hutto 512-759-3771 www.hipponation.org
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