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Boerne ISD previews budget trade-offs: shifts dual-language model, warns HB 2 will constrain pre-K expansion
Summary
Miss Flores outlined instructional and budget priorities: a move from 90/10 to a 70/30 dual-language model starting in kindergarten (phased to 50/50 by grades 4–5), implementation of a shortened morning 'launch', and concerns that House Bill 2’s private-partner rules could shift about 85% of state pre-K funding to outside providers, constraining district control and funding for services.
Miss Flores, presenting the teaching and learning portion of the district’s budget workshop, outlined a set of instructional shifts and state-driven constraints trustees should factor into budget planning.
"We... made the shift for math and reading will be taught in English and where science and social studies will be taught in Spanish," Flores said, summarizing the dual-language reallocation that will accompany a move to a 70/30 model in kindergarten (70% Spanish/30% English) and a phased transition to a 50/50 allocation by grades 4–5 in 2027–28. Flores said the change is intended to increase English-language development and allow implementation of the district’s 95% phonics curriculum so emergent bilingual students receive sufficient English instruction.
Why it matters: The change seeks to preserve core…
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