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Boerne ISD adopts 2025–26 budget, proposes three-penny plan to boost teacher pay
Summary
The Boerne ISD Board approved the 2025–26 general, child nutrition and debt-service budgets after public hearings, and trustees heard a Competitive Strategic Financial Plan that would add three 'golden pennies' to raise local revenue for higher starting pay and step increases aimed at improving teacher retention.
The Boerne Independent School District Board of Trustees on June 16 adopted the district 2025——12026 general fund, child nutrition and debt service budgets after public hearings on federal grants and the budget.
Trustees and district finance staff framed the vote around House Bill 2, property-tax relief legislation passed by the Texas Legislature and a local Competitive Strategic Financial Plan (CSFP) that trustees discussed as a path to raise starting teacher pay.
Chief Business Officer Wes Scott said HB2 contained the new teacher retention allotment and a fixed-cost allotment of $106 per enrolled student that together increased state funding for BISD, but an inserted hold-harmless change in the session…
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