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ILA tells TEA how it would handle lower enrollment: reserve cushion, personnel cuts and recruitment steps
Summary
Applicants said they project 150 students in Year 1 (50 fifth graders and larger sixth‑grade cohort), budgeted state aid for 137 students and a $79,000 first‑year reserve; they described contingency plans including targeted recruitment, restructuring nonessential personnel and flexible technology spending to respond to enrollment shortfalls.
Innovative Leadership Academy told Texas Education Agency staff it would use a mix of active recruitment and budget adjustments if enrollment or attendance comes in below projections.
Applicants said the Year‑1 plan assumes 150 students, with a small fifth‑grade cohort (50 students) and a larger sixth‑grade cohort. Vanessa Garza, a proposed board member and CPA, said the budget conservatively counts state funding for 137 students and includes about $79,000 in first‑year reserves. Board members and finance leads told TEA that they had run scenarios…
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