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Alamo Heights ISD warns of $5 million shortfall, urges parents to press legislators to raise 'basic allotment'
Summary
District staff described past cuts, a projected $5 million gap for the next biennium and urged parents to contact state legislators to press for an increase in the student basic allotment rather than a targeted teacher‑pay program.
Alamo Heights ISD staff told parents Feb. 1 that the district faces a multi‑million dollar budget gap for the upcoming biennium and urged community members to contact state legislators to press for an increase in the state’s basic allotment for school funding.
A district presenter said the district must identify roughly $5 million in additional savings for the next two‑year budget cycle to avoid another round of deeper cuts. "We already had to make several cuts," the presenter said, noting 22 positions were cut and about $2.5 million removed from this year’s budget through attrition and larger class sizes.
The presentation traced state funding history and singled out House Bill 3 (2019) as the law that created the current basic allotment model for school finance.…
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