The Cedar Hill ISD Board of Trustees authorized the superintendent to enter agreements to purchase attendance credit as a mechanism to address state recapture obligations. The administration explained that because district property values and tax revenues exceeded the state’s compressed rate threshold, the state recapture process will reduce the district's state funding. Administrators estimated the current recapture amount at about $1,600,000, subject to final budget refinements.

The board's motion delegated contractual authority for the purchase to the superintendent under Texas Education Code provisions cited by staff. Trustee Denisha Williams seconded the motion; trustees approved it unanimously. During discussion trustees asked clarifying questions about how the recapture process operates. Administration explained the district does not make a separate cash payment to the state under the chosen option; instead, the state reduces the district's future state aid allotments by the recapture amount.

An administrator summarized: "They're gonna reduce our state aid by the 1 point," describing the practical effect of recapture on the district's state allotments. Trustees asked whether this approach was standard and whether last year had used the same method; administration said the mechanism of recapture is longstanding and that staff would provide further details in future reports. Staff also noted other statutory options for recapture exist, including combining with another district, but the administration recommended the delegation and purchase option for this year.

The board took no separate budget revision at this meeting; staff said final fine-tuning of the budget could change the exact recapture figure but that delegating contracting authority speeds administrative compliance and planning.