President Kunkel opened a public hearing and the Birdville ISD board heard a presentation on the district's proposed 2025–26 budgets before adopting the budgets in open session.

The board approved the 2025–26 general fund, debt service fund and child nutrition fund budgets, and separately approved the district's accelerated learning budget. The board voted unanimously to adopt the budgets as presented; the tax rate that will fund those budgets is scheduled for a separate adoption vote at the Aug. 21 board meeting after the district receives certified property values in late July.

Dr. Glenn, who presented the budgets during the public hearing, told trustees the documents the board would consider include the general fund, the interest and sinking (debt service) fund and the child nutrition fund. He said the budgets are prepared to take effect on the July 1 start of the fiscal year and are based on several assumptions, including a projected decrease of 131 students and projected property value growth of 5.36 percent. "Our budgets are based on our tax rate information that we received on April 25," Dr. Glenn said during the hearing.

The presentation said payroll projections were reduced by approximately 1 percent based on a trend of underspending because of vacancies. The budget package also includes compensation increases required by House Bill 2 and an additional 3 percent of base salary (or midpoint, whichever is higher) for remaining staff; it includes health-insurance contribution changes approved at a recent board workshop for clerical and manual-trades employees. The child nutrition fund was presented as balanced for the coming year. The administration also noted grant applications under way for the 2025–26 school year.

Board members praised staff work preparing the budget amid recent legislative changes. Trustee comments noted the volume of new laws and uncertainty around state funding streams, and thanked staff for extended hours during workshops. The board president confirmed the deadline for budget adoption tied to the fiscal year start and reiterated that the tax rate vote will be held after certified values are received.

The board also approved a routine year-end budget amendment process to roll forward incomplete purchase orders and projects into the next fiscal year; staff said those rollovers will be reflected in a formal budget amendment presented to the board next month so there will be no impact on next year’s fund balance.

The board’s action on the budgets was recorded as unanimous approval. The district will return to the board on Aug. 21 to adopt a tax rate based on certified property values expected in late July.