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CSISD staff outline budget shortfall as lawmakers earmark most new money for classroom teachers
Summary
District finance staff presented a draft 2025–26 general fund budget showing a structural deficit driven by falling enrollment, rising costs and a House/Senate compromise that channels new state money primarily into teacher pay, leaving limited flexible funding for other staff and operations.
Lede: College Station Independent School District officials told trustees on May 20 that the district faces a multiyear budget gap driven by enrollment declines, rising operating costs and a state funding package that directs most new money to classroom teacher pay.
Nut graf: Finance director-level staff said committee substitute House Bill 2 (the pending state school funding bill) increases the basic allotment by $55 per student but shifts much new funding into narrowly defined ‘‘teacher retention’’ and other earmarks, producing an estimated local deficit of roughly $1.9 million under the bill and higher shortfalls under several local raise scenarios discussed at the workshop.
Body: Heather Wilson, district finance staff, gave the board a detailed walkthrough of projected revenue and…
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