Seguin ISD board adopts budget amendment, certifies instructional materials; delays stipend schedule decision

At its April meeting Seguin ISD's board of trustees approved a set of budget amendments and certified the district's instructional materials allotment (IMA) for the coming school year, while deferring a contentious change to the district's stipend schedule.

Board action and votes - The board approved proposed budget amendments intended to reduce the district's projected deficit by roughly $1.5 million. The motion passed 6-0. - Trustees certified the district's instructional materials allotment (IMA/TEA certification) for the 2025-26 school year, a routine annual action that confirms the district provides curriculum that covers state standards; the motion passed 6-0. - After extended discussion about athletic and fine-arts stipends ' particularly a long-standing practice that paid some coaches extra "days" ' trustees voted to postpone final action on the proposed 2025-26 stipend schedule so staff can provide more detail; that postponement passed 5-1. - The consent agenda (minutes, tax reports, donations, third-quarter investment report, long-term audit contract, purchases over $50,000, an anti-truancy resolution and Public Information Act log) passed as a single action, 6-0.

Budget details presented Finance staff summarized revenue and expenditure shifts that prompted the amendment. The presentation…