BY BROOKE SJOBERG & CHLOE YOUNG
RRISD increases budget updates
Funding by high school feeder pattern
District wide items: $300.2M
Westwood: $69.6M Cedar Ridge: $82.7M McNeil: $132.4M Stony Point: $139.9M Round Rock: $208.8M
While most funds are intended for projects
Round Rock ISD administrators will pro- vide more frequent budget updates to the board of trustees starting in 2025, to keep a closer eye on the state of district finances. What you need to know The board set a schedule to receive budget updates from administration in December. Future updates will come to the board in January, February, April, June and November. How we got here This comes as Chief Financial Officer Dennis Covington’s final budget update on the 2023-24 fiscal year shows RRISD’s projected budget shortfall of $19 million nearly doubled to $37 million.
impacting the whole district, some funds are being used for campus-level projects in each feeder pattern.
SOURCE: ROUND ROCK ISD/ COMMUNITY IMPACT
Round Rock ISD lays out plan for 2024 bond Round Rock ISD administrators presented a schedule for projects funded by the 2024 bond to the board of trustees on Dec. 17. The details The five-year plan for the 2024 bond includes:
• Year one: Focus spending on technology and equipment, as well as design for larger projects. • Year two: Continue technology and equipment upgrades, as well as design and the permitting process for projects. • Year three: Continue updating technology and equipment, with an increase in construction projects. • Years four and five: Completing construction projects.
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