The North East ISD Board of Trustees voted Monday on a lone finalist for superintendent. Anthony Jarrett was appointed as interim superintendent back in December after longtime superintendent Sean Maika resigned his post. At Monday's meeting, the board voted to name Jarrett the lone finalist for the district's top job. view article

Crystal City ISD Interim Superintendent Richard Grill told families Tuesday evening the district has less than $500 in its bank account. “On Thursday, to make payroll happen, we had less than $500 in our total bank account here," Grill said. “That’s amazing. 500 bucks. Not even $500. So that’s how broke the school district is." Grill made the statement during a town hall on Tuesday, just days after the district announced 72 employees will be terminated to deal with an “imminent financial collapse”. view article

The El Paso Independent School District shared an update on its financial status Tuesday at its Board of Trustees meeting. Officials said the district faces a "financial shortfall" tied to rising costs, less enrollment-related funding, inflation, state funding changes and previous budget projections. The update comes as a public school consultant recommended EPISD declare financial exigency, which is similar to bankruptcy for educational institutions. view article

EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14/CBS4) — Texas voters approved Senate Bills 4 and 23 in the November election, lowering property taxes by increasing homestead exemptions, but some school districts in El Paso County say the state’s plan to replace the lost revenue is falling short and could have long-term consequences.  “There were two. It was SB4 and SB23. And what those did is that it lowered everybody’s property tax,” state Representative Vince Perez, said. view article

Pflugerville ISD Superintendent Dr. Quinten Shepherd announced the district will close four elementary schools at the start of the 2027-2028 school year. The district said that this was done in order to address an expected budget shortfall. However, even with the closures, it would only address a portion of the budget shortfall, according to the superintendent. view article

Pasadena ISD is considering school consolidations and possible campus closures as the district grapples with declining enrollment and mounting financial pressures, becoming the latest Houston-area district to weigh difficult cost-cutting measures amid changing student populations. view article

The union representing Austin ISD teachers and staff is hoping for good news, as Superintendent Matias Segura asks for more patience from families and staff. In just about a month, Austin ISD's Board of Trustees will a vote on the 2026-2027 school year budget. But before that happens, the board is tasked with creating a plan to reduce the projected $181 million deficit. view article

Bear Creek Intermediate, Parkwood Hill Intermediate, and Trinity Meadows Intermediate will all close beginning in the 2027-2028 school year.  KELLER, Texas — Keller ISD Board of Trustees has approved the proposed closure of three intermediate schools during Thursday night's board meeting.  Bear Creek Intermediate, Parkwood Hill Intermediate, and Trinity Meadows Intermediate will all close beginning in the 2027-2028 school year under the school's consolidation plan.  view article

The district believes rewarding teacher and principal performance will help recruit and retain educators in the future. view article

Beaumont ISD is eliminating the positions of Behavior Interventionist and Wellness Coordinator at the end of the 2025-2026 school year, according to internal memos obtained by 12News. Employees in both roles received letters from the district's Human Resources office informing them their positions will no longer exist beginning with the 2026-2027 school year. The district's website indicates there are at least 14 Wellness Coordinators alone, suggesting the cuts will affect a significant number of employees across both positions. view article

Austin ISD is set to cut 215 full-time educator salaries — 85 for elementary schools, 51 for middle schools and 79 for high schools — as it faces a $181 million budget deficit for the 2026-27 school year. These cuts are in relation to newly proposed teacher-student ratios, Superintendent Matias Segura said on Thursday. “The ability to serve our students in a way that we had a couple years back or even last year is going to be impacted,” Segura said. “We have not been able yet to get the funding we need to ensure that we keep up with the costs that we have. So we have to make these cuts, as hard as they are.” view article

Austin ISD leaders held a virtual community conversation over the weekend to discuss the district's budget outlook as it faces a $181 million shortfall. view article

Arlington ISD is undergoing a reorganization as it deals with a $9 million budget shortfall, Superintendent Matt Smith announced to staff May 7. The changes, set to not impact classroom teaching positions, will see some open and filled positions dissolved within the central office, departments and campuses, according to the email Smith sent to staff. It is unclear how many positions are affected. Smith wrote that the changes have resulted in reductions of 6% in the central office budget and 3% in campus budgets. view article

Spring Branch Independent School District may close Northbrook Middle School due to a budget shortfall and declining enrollment, according to our ABC13 partners at the Houston Chronicle. The Chronicle reports that district officials say they are dealing with a $24 million budget shortfall. According to the Texas Education Agency, Northbrook received an 'F' rating last year, and its enrollment dropped by more than 300 students from the 2023-2024 school year to the year before. view article

Round Rock ISD board members on June 17 adopted a $467.42 million general operating budget for fiscal year 2021-22. The general operating fund budget includes $444.53 million in revenues and $467.42 million in expenses, creating a deficit in this fund of $17.2 million, RRISD Chief Financial Officer Kenneth Adix said. view article

State lawmakers were prepared for a budget crunch, since the COVID-19 pandemic slashed revenues from sales taxes, energy taxes, and other sources. The question they now face is how to close the shortfall without choking off long-term growth.  The answer is far from clear, but it’s certain to involve cuts to popular programs.  In fact, such cuts are what's expected this session. The state comptroller's office says lawmakers need to close a shortfall of nearly $1 billion in revenues. And Republican state Sen. Brandon Creighton of Conroe, who serves on the Senate Finance Committee, noted that Gov. Greg Abbott has asked state agencies to reduce budgets by 5%. view article

Bryan ISD's Board of Trustees have approved a one-time $500 supplement for their salaried employees. Teachers, counselors, librarians, nurses, administrators and professional staff receive their pay bonus on their Dec 15 paycheck. view article

Texas pre-K programs are just scraping by after losing millions of dollars last year — and without sustainable funding, they could see greater problems down the line, school officials say. During the 2017 legislative session, lawmakers decided not to fund a $118 million high-quality pre-K grant program that was created in 2015 and championed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. The money had gone to 573 districts and charter schools that pledged to meet measures such as setting a lower student-teacher ratio, avoiding Common Core curricula and reporting student progress to the state. view article

Burnet school district officials were probably expecting to get more than two years from the synthetic turf installed at Bulldog Field in 2015, but that didn’t happen and it’s now set the district back $150,000. Burnet Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Keith McBurnett, however, said the district is looking to get $105,000 back from one manufacturer. Last year, officials noticed some turf fibers sticking up higher than others, so they took a closer look, McBurnett said. “To most people, it probably wasn’t noticeable,” he said. “We had all the experts look at the field, and they looked at the backside. It needed to be replaced.” view article

On Saturday, voters who live within the Houston ISD will go to the polls to determine how - or if - the district will pay the state millions in "recapture" fees. Whatever voters decide on Proposition 1, the Houston ISD will take a financial hit, officials say. Recapture, and school finance, can be difficult to grasp. To help, here are the answers to some questions about the ballot measure. view article

The Round Rock school district awarded $1.9 million in grants to 34 campuses to help foster innovation in schools through programs, models or initiatives that enrich learning. The grants range from $7,500 to $100,000 and support the district’s strategic goal of implementing, enhancing and reinforcing innovative teachings and learning models, according to a district news release. view article

Fort Bend ISD is going to begin serving up something different for some students who continually fail to pay for their lunches -- a cold cheese sandwich with a side of milk, and that's not sitting well with some parents. We're not talking about students who qualify for free school meals. But apparently, these repeat offenders have gotten so "forgetful" that it's draining the district's budget by hundreds of thousands of dollars. view article

The Garland school district’s $453.8 million budget for 2015-16 passed this week. Here are the highlights: Taxes are going up: There’s a 10-cent per $100 valuation tax increase tied to theNovember 2014 passage of a $455 million bond package. Garland ISD previously had the second-lowest tax rate among 16 districts that tax in Dallas County; the bond will bring that closer to the midpoint. view article

The Lampasas Independent School District met Monday to discuss the district’s fiscal year 2016 budget and proposed tax rates. “My idea was still to give everyone a tax break, but to make it 1 cent right now, and we could change it in a year if we need to,” board member Sam Walker said. “I think we are jumping the gun by dropping it 2 cents.” view article

Marfa ISD is taking a proactive approach toward its potential Chapter 41 status, which would classify the district as a “rich” school. Chief Financial Officer Victoria Sanchez discussed with the board of trustees at the June 15 meeting five different options they could possibly choose for the Chapter 41 status and heavily stressed that the board should consider each option carefully as three of them would have permanent repercussions. view article

The Dallas Independent School District presented a draft version of a comprehensive plan for facilities and academic improvement to the board of trustees on Thursday. The long-range plan, which calls for $1.5 billion in funding, would be directed at school choice, pre-k expansion and career readiness, according to DISD officials. view article

Duncanville ISD thought it was getting a great deal when, one year ago this month, it switched electric providers and signed on with the State Power Program through the state's General Land Office. Just like that, Duncanville ISD's price-per-kilowatt hour dropped almost 20 percent, from 7.3 cents to a maximum of 6 cents. view article

The Comal Independent School District is paying off bond debt early in an effort to save taxpayers money. The district's board of trustees voted Thursday night to pay off $6.5 million in bond debt ahead of schedule. view article