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Goose Creek CISD projects tighter 2025–26 budget, flags potential impacts of proposed voucher law
Summary
District officials presented a preliminary 2025–26 budget overview and warned that a state voucher proposal and flat average daily attendance could deepen deficits, forcing further reductions absent new state funding.
Goose Creek CISD officials told the board on Monday that the district expects continued budget pressure for the 2025–26 school year and that proposed state legislation could significantly affect local revenues and services.
In a presentation to the Goose Creek CISD Board of Trustees, Miss Clark (business office presenter) said the Texas Senate’s voucher proposal — identified in the presentation as Senate Bill 2 — would shift funding formulas and create a substantial fiscal note for the state. The district’s slide deck cited a fiscal estimate that voucher spending could rise from about $1 billion in the current biennium to roughly $4 billion by 2030. Clark warned that the bill, as drafted by the Senate, would set a $6,500 per‑student basic allotment for public schools while offering about $10,000 per student for private school vouchers.
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