Uvalde CISD budget workshop: district forecasts $42.6M revenue, flags $300,000 projected shortfall and unanswered state funding rules

Pam Benderly, division of business and finance staff, told the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District board of trustees at a June 30 special meeting that the district currently forecasts about $42.6 million in total revenues and roughly $42.9 million in expenditures for fiscal 2024–25, narrowing a previously projected deficit from about $2.5 million to approximately $300,000.

Benderly said state legislative changes in House Bill 2 and new allotments created by that law will alter revenue and accounting for 2025–26 but left several implementation questions unresolved. "We are awaiting guidance on federally funded positions," Benderly said, describing uncertainty about whether state-directed teacher pay increases will reduce federal payroll charges or require split funding when a position is paid in part with federal grants.

The presentation summarized several items that will affect next year’s budget: an "ABC allotment" of $106 per enrolled student that Benderly estimated would yield a little over $400,000 based on an enrollment of 3,925 on the last day of school; a teacher compensation…