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Crowley ISD unveils proposed $207.8M budget, projects roughly 13% fund balance for 2026–27
Summary
At a June 25 public hearing, Crowley ISD finance staff presented a 2026-27 proposed budget with $200.0M in revenue and $207.8M in expenditures and projected an ending fund balance around 13%; trustees were asked to adopt the budget now and revisit employee pay after audited 2025-26 results.
Crowley Independent School District on June 25 presented a proposed 2026–27 budget that lists $200,000,000 in projected revenue and $207,800,000 in proposed expenditures.
"We are proposing a budget with revenue in the amount of 200,000,000, expenditures in the amount of 207,800,000," Mr. Fisher said during the board's public hearing presentation. He told trustees the district expects an estimated year-end fund balance of $32,517,167 for the 2025-26 fiscal year (about 16% of general operating expenditures) and projects a fund balance near 13% in 2026-27 under the proposed budget.
The finance presentation explained that Texas law requires the budget be adopted before a tax-rate adoption and noted the district's maintenance-and-operations rate will be set after TEA certifies values later in July. Mr. Fisher also summarized the district's budget survey (795 respondents) and how different compensation scenarios (one-time payments or percentage increases) would affect fund balance.
Trustees asked for clarifications about assumptions, the estimated year-end reductions in planned expenditures (from roughly $206.17M planned down to about $199.29M), and timing for any future actions. The board held the public hearing and was asked to approve the budget for procedural purposes with direction to revisit compensation if post-audit figures support additional spending.
