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CFO outlines budget shortfalls, Senate Bill 2 effects and proposal to shift fiscal year to July 1
Summary
Brazosport ISD Chief Financial Officer Rudy Cocino presented a budget update projecting a smaller-than-expected deficit if certain reductions are adopted and described a proposal to change the district fiscal-year start from Sept. 1 to July 1 for a one-time budget benefit.
Rudy Cocino, Brazosport ISD chief financial officer, told trustees the district adopted a 2025 budget with an $11.7 million deficit but that improved revenue and planned reductions have reduced the projected shortfall.
Cocino said actual Chapter 313 revenues will be higher than budgeted and special-education services brought additional revenue; he reported a projected year-end fund balance of about $38.2 million, roughly $77,000 above the district target. He said the district now expects to end the year with a projected deficit of $5.6 million — about $6.1 million better than originally anticipated.
Cocino reviewed tentative state-level changes filed in Senate Bill 2 that would affect school finance. He highlighted three provisions that were straightforward to…
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