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ALIEF ISD CFO and deputy superintendent outline budget, enrollment and legislative risks
Summary
Deputy Superintendent Charles Woods and CFO Emily Littlefield presented the district's 2025–26 budget outlook, projecting a preliminary enrollment decline of 376 students, a planned $50.27 million bond issuance with no tax‑rate increase, and outlined how pending state bills could affect funding and operations.
ALIEF ISD administrators told trustees Feb. 18 that the district is beginning its 2025–26 budget process with caution but remains positioned to protect staffing and core services.
Emily Littlefield, the district’s chief financial officer, and Charles Woods, deputy superintendent of business services, reviewed school‑funding basics, described the district’s revenue mix from state, local and federal sources and said the district’s 2023‑24 starting point included a fund balance of about $1.016 billion (as reported in the presentation). Littlefield said state funding provides roughly 63% of the district’s revenues while local revenue provides the remainder and noted that ALIEF is treated as “property poor” under the state formula.
For 2025–26, Littlefield reported a preliminary…
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