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Tomball ISD projects $3 million general‑fund shortfall for 2025–26 as legislature stalls
Summary
CFO Zach Bowles told the Tomball ISD board that revenue projections rose to $226.5 million but planned expenditures total $229.5 million, leaving a $3 million gap; the district is holding pay increases pending state action on House Bill 2.
Tomball ISD Chief Financial Officer Zach Bowles told the board at a workshop that the district’s revenue projection for fiscal 2025–26 is $226.5 million while planned expenditures total $229.5 million, leaving an estimated $3 million shortfall.
The gap follows several revenue changes Bowles described: an increase in the Teacher Incentive Allotment from about $2.4 million to just under $3.9 million; revised guidance on the over‑65 “hold harmless” adjustment that allows roughly 63% (about $2.1 million) of that entitlement to remain in the general fund; and expected ongoing receipts from property‑value audits (historic settle‑ups have averaged about $2.3 million, ranging from roughly $1.1 million to $3.7 million). "Those three big changes ... get us to the $226,500,000," Bowles said.
Bowles said estimated…
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