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United ISD CFO outlines 2025–26 budget risks and bills to watch as Legislature convenes
Summary
At a Jan. 14 workshop United ISD CFO Bridal Benavides said the 89th Texas Legislature will shape next biennium funding, highlighting vouchers, basic-allotment increases, special education proposals and efforts to index funding for inflation. District will monitor bills and update trustees.
United Independent School District officials told trustees Jan. 14 that the 89th Texas Legislature is likely to determine the district''s available revenue for the 2026–27 fiscal cycle, and staff outlined bills and policy changes the district will monitor.
"This is the 89th legislative session," said Bridal Benavides, the district''s chief financial officer, and she described several possible funding changes that could affect the district, including proposals to increase the basic allotment (per-pupil funding), options…
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