BY JARRETT WHITENER
What’s being done
Managing the impact
Based on an enrollment of 14,865, SCUCISD spends around $10,974 per student. JISD spends around $11,200 per student, and the district’s current enrollment is 25,871. “Each one of those kids has a state revenue attached to them, so we lose state revenue when they leave,” Moy said.
Declining enrollment and increasing costs per student is becoming untenable as well, as each district loses state funding when students move or increasingly opt for schooling alternatives. State funding is calculated through a district’s average daily attendance. That per student allotment—$6,160—has not increased since 2019.
While districts are struggling with lean budgets, they continue to increase employee salaries to stay competitive in hopes of lling vacancies and retaining employees. JISD approved a 1% increase for teachers, librar- ians, nurses and counselors, keeping their starting salary at the highest compared to surrounding districts. SCUCISD also approved raises for sta , giving 3% across the board. This raise alongside changes to benets results in around $3.5 million in additional budget expenditures. Other districts are trying di erent approaches to teacher and sta retention. North East ISD for instance opted to instead o er one-time supple- ment payments for employees rather than adding pay raises, which would cost more, according to NEISD documents.
Student enrollment over time
Judson ISD
Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD
25K 30K 20K 15K 10K
0
2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
2021-22 2022-23 2023-24
SOURCES: JUDSON ISD, SCHERTZCIBOLOUNIVERSAL CITY ISD, TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCYCOMMUNITY IMPACT
Starting teacher salaries by ISD
Judson Comal
Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City
Northeast
Northside
Going forward
$65K
Ultimately, districts will have to work on a plan moving forward to continue to support students and sta while making possible cuts to upcoming budgets if there are no changes to funding. “We have a year now to work on bringing forward some things that we can do not only during the year, but then moving forward for the next budget cycle,” Judson ISD trustee Suzanne Kenoyer said on June 25.
Moy said SCUCISD has not yet discussed the speci c details of budget cuts, but the rst areas to be looked at are positions that are not campus related, should that need arise. SCUCISD Superintendent Paige Meloni said that the district has programs and services such as software licenses that can be cut, but around 85% of the budget is compensation. Extracurricular activities and nonmandatory programs are also looked at when cuts are the only option for districts.
$60K
$55K
$50K
$45K
0
2020- 21
2021- 22
2022- 23
2023- 24
2024- 25*
SOURCES: JUDSON ISD, SCHERTZCIBOLOUNIVERSAL CITY ISD, COMAL ISD, NORTHEAST ISD, NORTHSIDE ISDCOMMUNITY IMPACT *PROJECTED
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