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UVALDE CISD budget workshop: federal grant delays, projected deficit shrink and trustees’ ADA debate
Summary
At a budget workshop trustees heard staff say federal grants (Title programs and 21st Century) are delayed, that the district has reduced a projected $2.5 million deficit to about $300,000 through staffing and scheduling changes, and that trustees must decide what refined ADA projection to budget against for 2025–26.
UVALDE — District finance staff presented a preliminary 2025–26 budget at the July 10 UVALDE CISD board meeting and asked trustees to set a refined-ADA target to finalize revenue projections.
“This is a budget workshop, and we're gonna go over kinda some preliminary numbers, but, of course, you know, we're still working through legislative updates,” finance staff member Miss Federle told the board.
Federal grants and timing Staff reported a delay in U.S. Department of Education allocations routed through the Texas Education Agency that put several federal programs on temporary hold. Impacted programs named in the presentation include Title I (Part A and Part C/migrant), Title II Part A, Title III (English learner support), Title IV and the 21st Century Community Learning Centers aftercare grant; the TEA has extended the 21st Century spending deadline this year to Sept. 30. The district said it can draw on current carryover to cover payroll in the short term but warned that protracted grant delays could affect positions…
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