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LTISD explores open-enrollment and filling empty seats as a revenue strategy
Summary
Administrators presented a shallow-dive of open-enrollment models used by other Texas districts and estimated that filling currently empty seats could increase revenue (conservative estimate of basic allotment ~$6,215 per added ADA). The board requested a deeper analysis and potential pilot options.
District administrators presented a preliminary review of open-enrollment and selective-enrollment models and outlined how filling existing empty seats across campuses could provide revenue to help close the projected budget gap.
Dr. Bethany Bedford and staff described different models used in Central Texas and elsewhere: selective enrollment, open-transfer policies, zone-based transfers and combined approaches. Staff reported that 134 students left the district last year to…
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