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Tomball ISD projects $255M in revenue for scal year 2026 27
Tomball ISD’s scal year 2026-27 general fund revenue is projected to be around $255 million, TISD Chief Financial O cer Zack Boles said at the March 16 budget workshop meeting. Boles said the audited revenue for FY 2025-26 was $238.3 million; this new budget is a $16.7 million increase. The projections The various goals TISD hopes to address include sta recruitment and retention and providing well-maintained facilities. As previously reported, TISD has the opening of Tomball West High School and Creekside Junior High School’s fth-grade expansion in August. Boles said the opening of the facilities had led to “quite a bit of additional costs,” however, competi- tive salaries are a high priority. At the Capitol TISD has received some support from the state level to address the district’s funding needs. In
TISD 2026 27 budget timeline On March 16, CFO Zack Boles laid out the timeline TISD follows when nalizing the upcoming year’s budget.
March-May: budget committee meetings
June: public hearing and adoption of the budget
Sept.: adopt the tax rate
Jan.
Dec.
July: certi ed property values received from Harris and Montgomery counties
April-May: board budget workshops, certi ed estimates of property values
TISD 2026 27 projected general fund revenues Property taxes (local): $119.54M Remaining state aid: $103.51M Teacher Retirement System on behalf: $14M Fast growth allotment (state): $7.43M Other revenue (local): $6.04M Teacher incentive allotment (state): $3.97M Federal funding: $500K Total: $255M
June 2025, the Texas 89th Legislature passed an $8.5 billion funding bill—House Bill 2. Boles said HB 2 generated an overall funding increase of $11.8 million. The breakdown is: • Regular and maintained programs: $1.86 million • Safety allotment: $630,000 • Teacher retention allotment: $6 million • Support sta retention allotment: $888,000 • Allotment for basic costs: $2.43 million
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