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Leander ISD presents 2025–26 budget assumptions including enrollment 42,448 and tax‑rate estimates
Summary
CFO Pete Pape presented proposed assumptions for the 2025–26 budget: student enrollment (staffing basis) 42,448, average daily attendance 94%, property value growth 4%, $3 million for pay‑study adjustments, and estimated tax rates (M&O $.7394; I&S $.3300) to be used to build the preliminary General Fund budget.
CFO Pete Pape presented the district’s proposed assumptions to guide preparation of the 2025–26 preliminary General Fund budget.
Key inputs in the packet include a student enrollment projection used for staffing and funding of 42,448 (PASA reduced‑growth model), an average daily attendance rate of 94%, projected local property value growth of 4%, and a budgeting parameter of 3%. The materials list $3 million set aside for TASB pay‑study adjustments, a payroll budgeting rate of 98%, and proposed funding to open a Science Materials Center/18+ program and an Early Childhood Center. Tax‑rate estimates shown in the assumptions are a Maintenance & Operations (M&O) rate of $0.7394 and an Interest & Sinking (I&S) rate of $0.3300 (projected total tax rate ~1.0694).
Administration recommended the Board approve the assumptions for use in developing the preliminary 2025–26 budget; the packet indicates the assumptions will be updated over the budget process as new information becomes available.
