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Belton ISD board approves 2026–27 budget assumptions, setting enrollment and revenue baselines
Summary
The Belton ISD board approved preliminary budget assumptions to guide the 2026–27 budget: enrollment projected at 13,530, a 93% attendance rate used for revenue estimates, a 4% taxable property-value increase assumption, and health-benefit contributions set at $410 per enrolled employee; motion passed 7–0.
Melissa Lafferty, the district's chief financial officer, presented the preliminary assumptions the administration will use to build the 2026–27 budget and described them as conservative starting points. "As we begin the development of the '26, '27 budget, I'm presenting the preliminary assumptions that will serve as the framework for our initial revenue and expenditure projections," Lafferty said.
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