Wichita Falls ISD trustees approve budget amendments, TA E waiver and contract renewals
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At a public work session the Wichita Falls ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved financial reports, budget amendments that add $4,019,280 in revenues, a TEA low-attendance waiver for Feb. 19, and returned from closed session to renew one-year staff contracts.
The Wichita Falls Independent School District Board of Trustees on Tuesday accepted monthly financial reports, approved budget amendments that increase general operating revenues by $4,019,280 and expenditures by $501,000, and approved personnel actions after a closed-session review.
Miss Perkins, presenting the administrative financial and investment report through Jan. 31, 2025, told the board that "for the general fund, revenues were 63.61% last year as compared to 59.03% this year" and that expenditures were 53.38% last year compared to 55.71% this year. Trustees moved to accept the report; the motion was seconded and the board recorded the vote as unanimous.
On the budget amendments, Miss Perkins said district staff "budget our revenues low" and recommended adjusting the adopted 2024–25 budgets to recognize updated revenue estimates. The board approved the changes, which the presenter said result in a balanced budget after a $4,019,280 revenue increase and a $501,000 rise in expenditures.
The board also approved an administrative recommendation to submit a Texas Education Agency waiver for low attendance for Feb. 19, 2025. Assistant superintendent Scott Hapley said average daily attendance (ADA) on Feb. 19 was 68.85% and that the district's cumulative ADA for the 2023–24 year was 93.12%; trustees approved the waiver by voice vote.
During a personnel block, the board reviewed resignations and retirements submitted since the previous meeting and approved a proposed applicant pool to fill special-education vacancies, a recommendation presented by Dana Hardaway. Later, after a closed session under Texas Government Code 551.074 to deliberate personnel matters, trustees returned to open session and voted to renew one-year contracts for certified administrators and other employees as presented.
The meeting record shows formal motions and affirmative votes on the major items above; where the transcript records only tallies rather than individual roll-call votes, the board vote totals are reported as recorded in the meeting.
Next steps: the TASB Update 1-24 policy revisions presented as a first reading were marked for future action and a second reading was scheduled; administration will implement the approved budget amendments and submit the TEA waiver for review.