Education
BY BRITTANY ANDERSON
Leander ISD considers possible consolidation The Leander ISD board of trustees are continu- ing long-range planning discussions in light of budget concerns. The gist Potential new guidelines could adjust LISD’s staffing ratios based on enrollment. Campuses with 400 to 499 students would
LISD’s shortfall cut by $4.2 million
be under the low-enrollment phase 1 threshold which would adjust librarians, receptionists and registrars to part-time. Campuses with up to 399 students would be under phase 2, which would adjust the same staff as phase 1, as well as assistant principals, counselors and instructional coaches. The board continued its long-range planning at its Dec. 4 workshop.
Additional state revenues have brought Leander ISD’s 2025-26 budget shortfall down to $15.8 million. The details The board adopted the budget with a $20.2 million shortfall in June. According to Chief Financial Officer Pete Pape, the district has since received $4.2 million in additional state revenues from a funding provision following state increases on the homestead exemption and over-65 exemption. There was also a $200,000 decrease in recapture payments. Pape said district officials expect to have more accurate estimates of the provision’s impacts in December, and the Texas Edu- cation Agency will rerun these numbers to recalculate state funding in February.
Potential elementary staffing guidelines
Total enrollment
Staffing guide
600 500 400 300 200 100 0
Phase 1 Phase 2
Elementary schools
SOURCE: LEANDER ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT • DATA AS OF OCT. 31, 2025.
NOTE: GUIDELINES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ACROSS ALL LISD CAMPUSES.
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