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Lamar CISD previews 2026–27 budget; finance committee recommends 3% staff raise
Summary
Lamar CISD officials presented a preliminary 2026–27 budget framework showing a projected year‑end fund balance increase and the finance committee’s recommendation for a 3% districtwide raise (teacher scale increase of about $2,200) as trustees reviewed enrollment, property-growth assumptions and next steps for public hearings.
The Lamar Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees on April 21 heard a finance briefing that laid out preliminary assumptions for the 2026–27 budget and a finance‑committee recommendation to offer a 3% districtwide raise.
CFO Gray Buchanan told trustees the district’s 2025–26 year‑end estimate projects total revenues of about $534.6 million (roughly $1.2 million below budget) and expenditure savings of about $12 million across salaries and campus/department budgets. “When you take the revenue minus those expenditure savings…we’re anticipating…
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