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UISD finance updates: enrollment estimates, Skyward registration launch, instructional-software review and state funding bills
Summary
District finance staff reported preliminary enrollment projections and the April 1 launch of Skyward registration; staff also described purchases and pilots to audit instructional software usage and summarized pending state budget bills that could change district revenue assumptions.
District finance and planning staff updated the board on enrollment projections, the new Skyward student-registration rollout, a plan to audit instructional-software usage and the legislative items that could affect the next biennial budget.
Enrollment and registration Finance staff reported a projected enrollment decline described in the workshop as "going down to 40,005–40,515" (presenter language from the demographer study). Student registration for 2025–26 opened April 1 in the new Skyward system; staff said roughly 7 percent of current Pre‑K through 11th‑grade students had fully completed registration and about 10 percent had started the process but not finished. The district set an internal incentive for campuses to reach 98 percent registration by May 16 and announced a districtwide enrollment/registration fair to assist families with online registration and provide on-site Chromebooks.
Instructional resources and software usage CNI and curriculum staff described a review of instructional resources and plans to require vendor usage reports in contracts going forward. The district said it launched a pilot of Lightspeed Insight to inventory district applications and monitor usage; staff reported the pilot found hundreds of applications in one day and that the software will be a four-month pilot with a view toward budgeting it next year in the technology department. The district also said it is negotiating vendor contracts and plans to require usage reports in future agreements to identify underutilized or redundant instructional subscriptions.
Budget and legislative developments Staff reviewed key state budget developments the district is tracking: the Senate and House budget/funding vehicles (Senate Bill 1 and House Bill 2 were discussed) and voucher proposals (Senate Bill 2 and related measures). The workshop summary emphasized that the Senate and House approaches diverge on how much funding is dedicated to teacher compensation versus district flexibility. Staff cautioned that revenue assumptions may change as the session proceeds and that the district would bring updated budget impacts to the board in May.
Other items Trustees asked about a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA); staff said COLA discussions depend on final revenue and could be included as scenarios for the May informational item. Trustees also discussed parental onboarding assistance and the district’s plan to post guidance materials and videos for Skyward registration.
Ending
District staff will continue budget planning, provide scenarios tied to final state funding decisions and finalize the Lightspeed Insight pilot evaluation before budget adoption. No formal board vote was recorded in the workshop transcript; the presentation was informational.
