Southwest ISD staff outline budget shortfall, enrollment assumptions and possible salary impacts as legislature considers House Bill 2

Southwest ISD district staff presented a budget update May 20 showing a projected deficit under current law and outlining assumptions for enrollment, property values and potential legislative changes.

Finance presenter Scott (district staff) said the district is planning the budget using current law and is projecting average daily attendance of 13,668 based on an enrollment projection of 15,216. He noted preliminary taxable values of about $7.5 billion and warned that protests and final certifications could change that figure.

Scott and other staff described a draft budget that, under current law and the district's assumptions, would produce a roughly $7.8 million deficit and reduce the fund balance from about $73 million to an estimated $57 million if the district were…