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Judson ISD finance committee hears proposal to close roughly $30 million gap; up to 500 positions targeted as a possibility
Summary
Judson ISD finance committee members were told the district faces an approximate $30.1 million shortfall for the coming fiscal year and that, to meet a common payroll benchmark, the district may need to reduce roughly 500 positions (±75). Superintendent recommendations are proposals only and no personnel actions have been taken.
Speaker 1, who convened the Judson ISD finance committee, opened the session by warning of a large projected budget shortfall for the coming fiscal year and presented figures taken from superintendent materials: projected revenue of about $236,300,000 and projected current expenditures of roughly $266,000,000–$266,500,000, leaving an approximate $30,100,000 deficit.
"Those are all very approximate numbers," Speaker 1 said, emphasizing the district took the figures "right off a document that the superintendent gave us." She framed payroll as the largest budget driver and described an operating benchmark in education that places payroll at roughly…
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