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Waco ISD finance update: enrollment up slightly; state revenue and property-value appeals cloud next year’s picture
Summary
Finance staff reported a modest enrollment increase of about 72 students for the current year, a projected revised fund-balance deficit and uncertainty tied to the Texas Comptroller’s property-value correction and pending school finance bills; the district filed an appeal with the comptroller after a statewide reporting error was announced.
Waco ISD finance staff told trustees the district’s revised enrollment is 13,366—about 72 students above the revised budget—and provided a status report on revenues, expenditures and legislative proposals that could affect the district’s 2025–26 budget.
Assistant Superintendent/Chief Financial Officer Ms. Davis (presenting the report) said the district’s January projections show a revised budget gap in the range of $12.9 million under current assumptions, though she said the district currently expects to “understand” (realize) closer to $7.3 million in deficit once preliminary revenue and expenditure variances settle. She emphasized projections were early and subject to change when final…
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