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Royse City ISD outlines legislative priorities: higher basic allotment, transparency, protections against value compression
Summary
During its Feb. 3 work session Royse City ISD identified legislative priorities for the session in Austin, including raising the Basic Allotment to $7,005, increasing school-safety and special-education funding, removing allotment caps and improving transparency for entities receiving taxpayer funds.
Royse City ISD staff used the Feb. 3 workshop to present the district's legislative priorities to take to the Texas Legislature. The list included: raising the Basic Allotment to $7,005; increasing school-safety and special-education funding; removing funding caps on allotments such as the Fast Growth Allotment; protecting the district from the effects of property-value compression on its construction schedule; and requiring financial and academic accountability for entities that receive taxpayer funds for education.
Board President Scott Muckensturm emphasized the board's stance on funding, saying, "Our kids deserve funding." District representatives Bob Hall and Katrina Piersen were listed as contacts for the district's legislative outreach. CFO Bryant said he will visit Austin to meet with Representative Piersen as part of that effort.
The board did not vote on specific legislative language at the work session; the presentation was framed as guidance for upcoming outreach to state officials.
