Leander ISD staff says November 2026 is earliest realistic bond window; trustees ask CFAC charter edits to reflect LRP timing

Leander ISD staff advised the board Sept. 30 that there is insufficient runway to prepare a May 2026 bond package and that the earliest practical district bond election would be November 2026. Administration presented draft charters for Citizen Facility Advisory Committees (CFAC) and said the committee work and any bond development should be aligned with the long‑range facility planning process the board approved in the same meeting.

Facilities staff noted that projects not included in the 2023 bond are still coming due and that committee work must be coordinated with long-range planning so the district can prioritize projects and bond timing. Trustees recommended edits to the CFAC charter language: they asked staff to avoid overlapping charges, to reference the long-range planning timeline once that timeline is adopted, and to add a stronger connection between facility planning and student experience/academic goals.

Several trustees asked administration to compare other districts’ CFAC charters and to ensure the CFAC’s scope does not preempt the board’s strategic decisions. Trustees discussed whether the existing CFAC language — which referenced developing a 3- to 5-year facilities plan — remained appropriate now that the board had directed a broader long-range planning process; multiple trustees favored editing the charters so CFAC work is explicitly subordinate to and aligned with the board‑adopted long-range plan rather than duplicating it.

Facilities staff said they will return with revised charter language and will fold CFAC timing into the board’s LRP schedule. The board also directed staff to make clear how CFAC recommendations would flow back to the board and how bond planning would be integrated with the other near- and mid-term planning deliverables requested in the new resolution.