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Trustees probe coding error that misapplied 4% raise for school leadership

Southside Independent School District Board of Trustees · August 14, 2026

Summary

Board members questioned a spreadsheet error that placed some employees in the wrong function and led to an apparent 4% raise allocation; staff said a budget amendment was filed to correct the mistake and will confirm exact timing.

Trustees pressed staff about a coding error that affected the allocation of a previously proposed 4% raise. Trustee Lisa L. Salazar asked about function 23 (school leadership) after presenter Mr. Corrales noted some employees had been placed in the wrong budget function. "That that was a mistake in the budget," Mr. Corrales said, describing the misapplied entries tied to last year’s budget options.

President Jesse Hernandez stressed transparency, saying he wanted the public to be able to ‘‘go back and review this video’’ and understand what was corrected. Corrales said staff had filed a budget amendment—likely in September—to fix the error but that he would confirm the exact amendment date in the records.

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