The Cedar Hill ISD superintendent presented a revenue-only amendment that shows higher-than-budgeted state and attendance figures and a lower recapture obligation, and said staff will bring the matching expenditure amendments after payroll runs in September.

Doctor David (superintendent) told trustees the district's ADA estimate used in the June budget has increased from 54.75 to 56.92. He said local tax rates and taxable values shifted because of homestead-exemption changes and noted that state funding increased by about $7.1 million; of that amount roughly $1.4 million is associated with teacher- and support-staff retention allotments that will be reflected on the expenditure side after payroll. He also reported recapture (the state's school property-value recapture for certain districts) decreased by about $606,000 because taxable values moved.

Doctor David said the packet presented revenue figures only and that he will return in a few weeks with an amendment to the expenditure side showing where the retention allotments and other adjustments will be charged. He summarized that some salary line items came in lower than budgeted and that those savings would be shifted into instructional areas.

Trustees asked clarifying questions about timing and the mechanics of recapture and staff noted the district will track actual payroll runs before finalizing expenditure amendments. No formal vote on the expenditure side occurred at this meeting; trustees accepted the revenue update and directed staff to prepare the full budget amendment for a future meeting.