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Gadsden ISD board adopts $4.5 million net increase in 2025–26 operating budget after SB9 allocation
Summary
Board approved the 2025–26 district operating budget with a reported $4.5 million increase from preliminary figures, largely driven by a $3.7 million SB9 allocation and other adjustments including carryover budgeting required by PED.
The Gadsden Independent School District board unanimously approved the district’s 2025–26 operating budget after staff reported a net increase of approximately $4.5 million from the preliminary proposal.
Finance presenter Miss Martinez told the board the increase primarily reflected a $3.7 million SB9 allocation that was released to the district and needed to be budgeted for the fiscal year; staff included expected carryover amounts at PED’s request. Martinez said the board had already approved an “increase bar” earlier in the meeting to record the additional SB9 revenue for 24–25 that carries into the 25–26 budget.
Superintendent Dempsey and finance staff explained that some additions are temporary carryover items that will be spent before fiscal year-end and may require future decrease bars; PET (the Public Education Treasury/Review body referenced in staff remarks) must review and post adjustments.
Board members asked whether recent state-level adjustments to special-education allocations were reflected; Martinez confirmed the budget reflects the updated special-education allocation and noted IDEA-B and other grant budgets were also updated in the packet. The motion to adopt the final operating budget carried by voice vote.
