Tomball - Magnolia Edition | August 2023

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WHAT’S IN THE BUDGET? Tomball ISD approved its scal year 2023-24 budget in June while Magnolia ISD was set to approve its budget Aug. 28 after press time.

Boles attributed the 8% rise in expenses this scal year to additional sta, a sta pay raise, and increased safety and security expenses. In the newly approved bud-

Meanwhile, proposed FY 2023-24 budget is expected to be balanced, with general fund expendi- tures and revenues proposed at $134.18 million, according to an Aug. 14 bud- get workshop. MISD’s

Funding sources

Federal State Local

get, spending is increasing 55.63% for security ser- vices, 13.02% for curriculum/staff development and 12.27% for instruc- tional leadership, for example. “Really, what you’re seeing with us going into this [shortfall] budget now is the same thing we saw back in 2017-18,” Boles said. “There’s been no increase to the basic allot- ment, and we’re at a point where the impacts of ination

Tomball ISD

$5 million shortfall

The district is also proposing a tax rate of $0.9638 per $100 valuation, which is an 18-cent decrease from FY 2022-23. MISD is pro- posing spending increases of 54.2% for instructional leadership, 14.9% for general admin- istration, and 11.7% for security and monitoring services year over year. As such, MISD administration rec- ommended freez-

FY 2023-24 revenue: $203 million

Tomball ISD’s board of trustees approved a 4% raise for all sta at its June 13 meeting. Magnolia ISD has not agreed upon pay changes as of press time. TOMBALL ISD TEACHER RAISES

Tomball ISD

FY 2023-24 expenses: $208 million

0.7%

Biggest spending increases:

34.8%

FY 2022-23

+12.27%

+13.02%

64.5%

+55.63% Security services

Instructional leadership

Curriculum/sta development

0.7%

$3,500

27.8%

The minimum pay raise all TISD teachers received

FY 2023-24

+7%

+8.75%

71.5%

Instruction

Transportation

$60,500

The new starting salary for a rst-year teacher at TISD

Magnolia ISD

$134.18 million

Proposed FY 2023-24 budget*

2.13%

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28.53%

Biggest spending increases:

FY 2022-23

have really taken a toll and reduced our ability to cover our operational expenses at the same level as it was prior.” At the same time, TISD’s school board also approved a 4% pay increase for sta, with all teachers seeing at least a $3,500 raise and the rst-year teacher salary raised to $60,500. “It was important that our sta received the increase that each and every one of them wholeheartedly deserved, even if we were not given the additional dollars that I think could and should have been given at the state level,” Salazar-Zamora said. Boles said TISD will use its general fund balance—essentially the dis- trict’s savings account—to cover the FY 2023-24 shortfall.

ing salaries and considering reaching into reserves for a one-time stipend, according to a presentation Aug. 14. Dierent pay scenarios could include adopting a new compensation plan when funding is clearer or paying a one-time $500 stipend Oct. 15. “I’m condent that we will be able to do something,” Morris said. “I just don’t know what that something One of TISD’s biggest concerns is the basic allotment, Boles said. The per-student allotment is $6,160 and has not been increased since 2019, Popinski said. The state would need to add roughly $1,000 this year to the allotment to match ination. looks like at this point.” School funding concerns

69.34%

+11.7%

+14.9%

+54.2%

Instructional leadership

2.6%

General administration

Security and monitoring services

FY 2023-24

+4.1%

+5.7%

55.8%

41.6%

Transportation

Instruction

SOURCES: TOMBALL ISD, MAGNOLIA ISDCOMMUNITY IMPACT *NUMBER IS THE SAME FOR BOTH EXPENDITURES AND REVENUE

spending wisely and prudently.” The budget season follows the 88th legislative session, which ended in May. The state entered the session with nearly $33 billion in its coers and a list of funding plans for public schooling. However, larger funding bills have yet to materialize, said Bob Popinski, senior director of policy for

Raise Your Hand Texas, a nonprot education advocacy group. “It was a session out of balance,” Popinski said. “It was absolutely sur- prising. ... All the recommendations ended up failing.” Behind the budgets TISD Chief Financial Ocer Zack

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