The Birdville ISD Board of Trustees conducted the annual public hearing required for the district’s state compensatory education program and described how the funds are spent and coded.

Administration reported the district received more than $20,000,000 in state compensatory funding in 2024–25 and that at least 55 percent of those funds must be spent in direct program intent codes. Presenters said Birdville coded a majority of students as at risk at the snapshot date and that the largest at-risk category is emergent bilingual students.

During the hearing, administration explained the internal roles that support the program: Dave Lamson and his staff are responsible for PEIMS coding of at-risk indicators; Mike Charlins oversees enterprise solutions; and Marie Cruz Pollitt is executive director of curriculum and instructional programs responsible for development and implementation of compensatory programs. Presenters said most funds are used for personnel who staff those programs, with remaining dollars directed to resources such as software and the AVID college-readiness program.

The presentation recommended continuing 2025–26 expenditures in a manner similar to 2024–25, with the majority of funds allocated to personnel. The administration also noted changes in state law affecting early education funding and pre-K: state calculations will hold back certain early-education allotment dollars and use an alternate funding method for the other half of pre-K funding; presenters warned the district could see a small decline in those early-education allotment dollars because the allotment is tied to bilingual and free/reduced counts.

No members of the public spoke during the hearing. The board closed the public hearing and moved on to other business. The administration said it would provide trustees with further breakdowns at a later date, including the distribution among the 15 state eligibility criteria.