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Keller ISD board adopts balanced $348.5 million budget for 2025–26, 6–0
Summary
The Keller ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved the district's 2025–26 budget on June 26, adopting a plan that projects roughly $348.5 million in revenue and a modest $150,000 surplus while warning that state funding changes will require future budget amendments.
The Keller ISD Board of Trustees voted 6–0 June 26 to adopt the district's 2025–26 annual budget, which projects total revenue of $348,468,553 and a small surplus of about $150,000.
Superintendent Dr. Allison presented the budget as a three‑fund package required by statute (general fund, debt service and child nutrition) and said the plan is balanced on current projections while acknowledging substantial uncertainties in state guidance under House Bill 2. "I feel confident the budget we're proposing is based on what we know we're going to receive," Allison said, adding the district expects to file multiple budget amendments as state rules and revenue details arrive.
Allison told trustees the budget assumptions include a flat maintenance and operations tax rate of 33¢, an enrollment decline of roughly 450 students, and average daily attendance projected at 94%. He said 86% of expenditures are personnel costs and emphasized that small shifts in revenue or mandates can require later adjustments. The superintendent noted the district has achieved a narrow surplus this year but that HB2 and the state homestead‑exemption changes mean the district will need several budget amendments in the coming months.
Board members asked about timing and magnitude of anticipated additional state revenue. Allison said some allocations could yield "another million to 2,000,000" depending on statutory details and TEA guidance, but the district deliberately did not build speculative amounts into its baseline projections. The board approved the budget after discussion and questions about fund accounting, including the decision to move the natatorium into a special fund to separate its revenues and expenses from operating comparisons.
The board’s approval obliges administration to finalize communications for staff and the public; Allison said TASB was assisting with recalculating pay scales and that staff communications would follow once those recalculations are complete.
