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CFB ISD staff outline 2025–26 budget priorities, call for 10% reductions over two years
Summary
At a budget workshop, Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD staff told trustees the district faces a roughly $19 million shortfall and proposed cuts that fold payroll into campus reductions, preserve safety investments and delay teacher pay increases until legislative guidance is clear.
Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD staff told trustees at a budget workshop that the district faces an approximately $19,000,000 shortfall and are recommending a two-year plan that would require a total of 10% reductions in campus and department budgets — 5% this year and 5% next year — with payroll included in the reductions.
The recommendation matters because staff said state changes and an audit of School Health and Related Services (SHARS) reimbursements have compressed available revenue and removed ESSER federal funds as a fallback. ‘‘We asked them to cut 10 — 5% this year and 5% next year,’’ a finance staff member said during the workshop, explaining that payroll is now part of the budgeting envelope and vacancies will be examined closely.
Staff presented the board’s previously stated…
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