Carrollton‑Farmers Branch ISD outlines multi‑year budget cuts and staffing moves amid school‑finance uncertainty

Carrollton‑Farmers Branch ISD administrators told the Board of Trustees at a work‑study meeting that the district is planning multi‑year staffing and budget reductions as it waits for final school‑finance legislation and tracks declining student enrollment.

The presentation, led by district budget and human‑resources staff with an outside staffing consultant, framed the issue as a combination of revenue uncertainty at the state level and local constraints: the district receives the bulk of its revenue from property taxes and faces a projected decline in some federal funding streams.

Carla Stacney, budget director, said during the meeting, “we anticipate a decrease in federal revenues. And that reduction is because of, reduction in funding for the SHARS program.” The administration told the board that roughly 84% of the district's revenue budget is projected to come from local property taxes and about 14% from the state, making local taxable values and attendance trends especially consequential.

Administrators said they are working from conservative planning assumptions: projected taxable value growth of about 2% this year and a combined district tax rate near $0.95 per $100 of assessed value (about $0.75 for maintenance and operations and $0.20 for debt service in the presentation). Officials also emphasized that final property values and refined average daily…