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Katy ISD projects net reduction of 106 positions amid enrollment decline and funding shortfalls
Summary
District finance and HR leaders told trustees that falling enrollment (about 1,800 fewer students than budgeted) and static state funding require staffing adjustments; administrators plan a net reduction of 106 positions achieved through vacancies, attrition and an extended excess-enrollment balancing process and said a recent property-value audit could add roughly $10 million to reduce the projected deficit.
Chris Smith, Katy ISD's chief financial officer, opened the budget portion of the March 23 work-study by outlining the district's fiscal constraints: flat or declining enrollment, static state funding formulas and rising costs for salaries, benefits and utilities. Smith said the district is about 1,800 students below what was budgeted and expects to budget for roughly 295 fewer students next year. He noted the state's basic allotment figures and called attention to a drop in the fast-growth allotment that reduced expected state revenue.
Smith told trustees that the district recently filed…
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