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Edcouch-Elsa ISD board adopts 2026-27 budget, delays final tax-rate adoption to August
Summary
The Edcouch-Elsa ISD Board of Trustees approved the districts 2026-27 budget June 29 after an executive session and was told the board will consider formally adopting a proposed combined tax rate of 1.1325 in August; trustees heard that falling attendance reduced state funding by roughly $842,000.
The Edcouch-Elsa ISD Board of Trustees approved the districts 2026-27 budget at a June 29 meeting after returning from an executive session, and trustees were told the board will take formal action on a proposed tax rate at a later meeting in August.
Angel Mayan, a financial adviser to the district, presented an overview of tax-rate components and debt service, saying the districts outstanding bonded debt is about $16 million running through 2037. "We're going to pay about $525,000 of debt early which has saved about $51,000 in interest savings," Mayan said, describing an approach that keeps roughly five cents above the required I&S levy to produce extra revenue for early payoffs.
Mayan outlined the proposed framework for 2026-27: maintaining the maintenance-and-operations (M) and interest-and-sinking (I&S) components that together would yield a combined proposed rate of 1.1325 (including disaster pennies). He recommended the board "maintain it as it is" while awaiting certified taxable values, which staff said will not be final until July 25.
Superintendent Garza reported final enrollment and average daily attendance (ADA) figures for the year. The district ended the year with enrollment of 4,222 and a final ADA of 3,570.47. Board staff told trustees the ADA decline translated to an estimated loss of about $842,000 in ADA funding and identified an overstatement in prior-year attendance projections of roughly $1,376,037; staff said TEA has already adjusted some amounts and a final settle-up typically occurs in September.
Administration presented proposed operating and debt-service budgets: general fund operating revenue of about $59,350,800 against proposed expenditures of roughly $60,858,868, and debt-service revenue of about $3,277,271 against debt-service expenses near $2,556,830, with an estimated addition to fund balance of $720,468. Staff also listed projected special-revenue totals (ESSA, special education cluster, CTE) of about $5,340,177 and said the district had not yet received word on the ACE grant.
After trustees moved into a closed session to consult with legal counsel on budget questions, the board returned to open session and Trustee Losano moved to approve the proposed 2026-27 budget as presented; Trustee Torres seconded and the chair announced the motion carried. The board did not adopt the tax rate at the meeting; staff said tax-rate adoption will return to the board in August when certified values are available.
Votes at a glance: the board approved the consent agenda earlier in the meeting (motion by Trustee Losano, seconded by a trustee identified in the record as Mr. Ter/Torres; chair announced the motion carried). The budget motion was made by Trustee Losano and seconded by Trustee Torres and was announced as carried on return from executive session. The meeting adjourned after a final motion to close the session.
