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Argyle ISD faces budget uncertainty after change to frozen-hold-harmless calculations
Summary
Argyle ISD officials told the board the district—annot count on a previously expected frozen "hold harmless" payment after a Comptroller methodology change reduced the district llocation to zero, complicating next year's budget and pushing administrators to plan conservatively.
Sam Slaton, president of the Argyle ISD Board of Trustees, opened a special meeting on March 2 to review the district's budget calendar and legislative changes that affect school funding.
Leon Argyle, the district presenter, told trustees that while House Bill 2 moved some money into the basic allotment, "it's not true not really an increase" for many districts because the bill reallocated existing funds rather than creating new dollars. He said other provision changes include increased early education allotments and new teacher- and support-staff retention allotments.
Argyle said the more immediate and material impact for the…
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