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Ector County ISD adopts 2026–27 budget; tax rate decision delayed until certified values
Summary
After a public hearing with no commenters, trustees approved the district's 2026–27 budget, a CFO presentation showed a roughly $4.5 million projected deficit and an estimated $106.4 million fund balance; trustees did not adopt the tax rate tonight and will consider it after certified values and TEA calculations.
The Ector County Independent School District Board of Trustees voted to adopt the 2026–27 official budget on June 16 after a presentation by the district’s chief financial officer. Trustees approved the budget during a public hearing that drew no public comment; the board did not adopt a tax rate at the meeting.
"We are not adopting the tax rate at this point," the district's chief financial officer said during the presentation, asking trustees to adopt the proposed budget while final property-value figures and TEA calculations are pending. The CFO presented the district’s revenue and expenditure estimates and the assumptions behind them.
The finance presentation listed a total revenue estimate of $354,415,001.69 and estimated expenditures of $358,956,711, producing an approximate $4,500,000 deficit for the coming year. The CFO said the proposal leaves an estimated fund balance of about $106,447,728 — roughly 107 days of operating reserves — and that the budgeting assumptions use an estimated enrollment of 31,630 students and an average daily attendance projection of about 29,100.
The CFO also reviewed how the district calculated revenues, including state aid and property-tax estimates based on appraisal-district numbers expected to be certified in July. The district presented the proposed tax-rate components it used to build the budget (maintenance & operations and debt service), but stressed that the board will consider the final tax rate at a later meeting after TEA provides a maximum-compressed-rate calculation in August.
Chair actions opened the public hearing and invited speakers; seeing none, the chair closed the hearing. A trustee moved to adopt the 2026–27 official budget ‘‘as presented in accordance with the Texas Education Agency code section 44,’’ the motion was seconded and the board approved the adoption.
The CFO said the district will return to the board in September to propose and consider adopting an actual tax rate once certified property values and TEA calculations are available. No public commenters spoke during the hearing.
Next steps: the board will review certified values from the appraisal district in July, receive TEA’s maximum compressed rate in August and consider a tax-rate adoption at the September meeting.
