Central Texas school districts anticipate that the lack of new state dollars is going to take a toll over the next couple of years in terms of staffing, programs and budget deficits.
While public education advocates agree with King that blocking vouchers is crucial to protecting public schools, they are also concerned about how a stagnant basic allotment is going to strain districts’ budgets. Chandra Villanueva, the director of policy and advocacy at Every Texan, expects even more teachers to leave the field.
Gonzalez said stagnant state funding is also going to mean more school districts are going to face budget deficits and have to look at cutting programs and services. He added that it is tough to see this outcome when lawmakers had a nearly $33 billion budget surplus. “For us, that's roughly about 1% of our operating budget,” he said. “So it's not a huge swing, but it is enough that it would swing us from a deficit budget to [a balanced one].”
That is another new expense that the district is going to have to pick up. At least right now though, Scott said the district is not looking at cutting programs. It also helps, he added, that Eanes ISD voters approved the district’slast month. Bond dollars can be used for capital projects and expenditures, such as repairing HVAC systems. Saving money on repairs frees up more money in the district’s general fund.
“One of the numbers that I've been citing to people just to give them an idea is [that] just to maintain our fuel costs and our utility costs, we're going to add a million and a half dollars in expenditures to our budget for next year,” he said.
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