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Denton ISD officials outline Prop A: district seeks five enrichment pennies to address budget gap
Summary
Denton ISD leaders briefed the council and attendees on a voter-approval tax ratification election (Prop A) requesting five tier-2 enrichment pennies (0.05) to address an estimated $15 million deficit, replenish reserves and restore staffing and programs; officials said a passage would generate about $27 million in new funding for the district.
Denton Independent School District officials on Oct. 21 presented information about a pending tax ratification election (Prop A) that would ask voters to approve five additional enrichment pennies (0.05 in the tier-2 portion of the maintenance and operations tax rate).
Dr. Thompson, identified in the meeting as the district’s deputy superintendent, explained the district’s finances and the difference between the interest-and-sinking (I&S) bucket (debt service) and the maintenance and operations (M&O) bucket (day-to-day operations). He said the district is facing an ongoing budget shortfall driven by flat foundational state funding (the basic allotment), rising costs, the loss of certain federal reimbursements and state-mandated programs that were only partially funded. The district told the group it has reduced positions through attrition and layoffs over the past two fiscal years (staff said roughly 249 positions…
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