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District budget presentation: presenter says new Comptroller method wiped out about $11 million in expected funding; Ysleta projects staff reductions
Summary
Ysleta ISD budget presenters told trustees a revised state comptroller methodology reduced the district's expected hold-harmless funding from about $12.5 million to zero (TEA later restored $1.78 million), data that presenter said left Ysleta about $10.8 million short; the district projects a loss of 1,500 students and expects to reduce roughly 83 positions via attrition.
District budget staff told the Southern Independent School District Board of Trustees that a revised state comptroller methodology sharply reduced the hold-harmless funding the district expected from the legislature, creating a substantial budget gap and prompting staffing planning.
Budget presenter Lindley Cambern said the district's hold-harmless estimate fell from roughly $12.5 million to $0 after the Comptroller revised its methodology; the Texas Education Agency (TEA) later advocated and restored $1.78 million. Cambern said, based on…
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