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Fabens ISD adopts 2025–26 budget with $2.0 million projected deficit; no pay raises included
Summary
The Fabens ISD board adopted the district's 2025'16 budget on June 25, approving a plan that projects roughly a $2.0 million deficit, cites falling enrollment and average daily attendance as drivers, and holds pay scales flat pending attendance outcomes.
The Fabens Independent School District Board of Trustees on June 25 adopted the district's 2025'16 budget, approving a spending plan that projects a $2,000,095 deficit and no across-the-board salary increases for staff.
The board adopted the budget after a presentation from Lily Nunez, the district's director of finance, who told trustees the proposed $29,007,912.75 budget is based on a projected average daily attendance (ADA) of 1,680 and would include $284,200 earmarked for athletics stipends. Nunez said the district expects to end the current fiscal year under collection, citing a projected shortfall of about $2.26 million against previously budgeted revenues.
Nunez provided enrollment and ADA figures showing a…
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