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Pflugerville ISD returns to prepandemic lunch policy PFLUGERVILLE ISD Students who have outstanding lunch charges began receiving substituted meals in April, marking a return to Pflugerville ISD’s pre-COVID-19 lunch charge policy. The district announced the change still receive any sides accompanying the standard meal. According to the April 20 email, the switch was motivated by $180,000 in unpaid lunch charges.
FREE LUNCH PROGRAM Pflugerville ISD encourages families to apply for the Federal Free and Reduced Lunch program. Requirements for the 2023-24 school year are as follows:
paying meal accounts with outstand- ing balances. Additionally, federal funding the district was previously using to finance free lunches is no longer available. The change comes as PfISD is facing a $7 million budget shortfall for the 2022-23 school year. PfISD will continue to offer free breakfast to students, according to the announcement.
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According to the announcement, that is around 10 times what the district absorbed in outstanding lunch charges each year prior to the pandemic. For the 2022-23 school year, the district budgeted $30,000 for
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$36,482 $45,991
$25,636 $32,318
in an April 20 email to parents. Under the new policy, students who owe more than $6 on their account will have their entree substituted with a sandwich but will
$55,500 $39,000
$65,009 $45,682 SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE/ COMMUNITY IMPACT
Budget deficit primed to come in below projection HUTTO ISD The district’s budget deficit for the 2022-23 school year could come in below the $6.6 million approved in the district’s operating budget for the year. pennies”—tax revenue not subject to recapture— the district’s projected recapture bill remains at $480,000 for the school year.
UPDATED PROJECTIONS Hutto ISD has refined its budget projections for the 2023-24 school year. 2022-23 adopted budget Projections as of April 13
District materials indicate the extra revenue could cut the district’s deficit to $4.8 million. However, with the state Legislature in session and several items related to school funding up for discussion, Graham said the future is anything but certain, especially when it comes to planning for next school year.
In a presentation to Hutto ISD board of trustees April 13, Chief Financial Officer Glenn Graham said the discrepancy is due to property valuations com- ing in higher than projected, generating additional tax revenue for the district. Because the additional tax dollars are “golden
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