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CFISD board adopts 2026–27 budget, ties pay stipends to possible tax-election result
Summary
The Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Board of Trustees approved the district's 2026'27 budget and a conditional compensation contingency. The plan includes a $2,000 stipend for certain employees and a $1,000 stipend for other full-time staff if a 12-cent tax-rate election is called and passes in November 2026; the motion passed 6-1.
The Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District Board of Trustees voted June 22 to adopt the district's 2026'27 budget and accompanying staff compensation plan, approving a contingency that would provide one-time stipends to employees only if voters approve a proposed tax-rate election.
Under the motion adopted by the board, the compensation package includes a $2,000 stipend for full-time hourly employees and paraprofessionals and a $1,000 stipend for other full-time employees. The stipends are conditioned on the board calling a tax-rate election of 12 cents and on that election passing; if both occur, the compensation contingency would be paid by Feb. 28, 2027.
Trustees discussed fiscal constraints facing the district and emphasized balancing staff pay priorities with long-term financial stewardship. The board approved the budget by a six-to-one vote. The record of the meeting shows trustees also approved related routine fiscal items earlier on the agenda during the consent process.
The adopted budget addresses operating priorities, continuing services and programs across the district while preserving flexibility around any future voter action required to fund the contingency. The board also directed staff to continue outreach about the district's fiscal condition and to provide details about the proposed tax-rate election should the trustees elect to place it before voters.
Next steps: the district will publish the approved budget documents and, if the trustees later call a tax-rate election, provide voters with statutory notices and additional information on how the contingency would be funded and disbursed.
