Boerne ISD trustees press state funding case after Austin advocacy trip; approve personnel and routine finance reports

Boerne ISD trustees met Jan. 27 and, after routine commendations and presentations, spent the bulk of the evening on finance and advocacy matters. The board approved a personnel report and the consent agenda, received a status update on district enrollment and operations, and heard trustee accounts of a volunteer-led legislative advocacy visit to Austin that trustees said stressed the district's four priorities for the session.

The advocacy trip was described as volunteer-driven and bipartisan. Trustee Rich Senna summarized the delegation's work, saying volunteers met with legislators and staff to press four priorities the board adopted in August: keep the basic allotment aligned with inflation, create a permanent teacher retention allotment, increase state support for school safety, and pursue property tax relief. Senna and other trustees said preliminary House and Senate spending plans propose roughly $5.2 billion in new public-education funding but that the Senate proposal did not…