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[A. CALL TO ORDER]
PLEASE. OH IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT WE HAVE TRUSTEE WEIR, TRUSTEE WEI, TRUSTEE MARKUM, TRUSTEE LANDRUM, AND TRUSTEE ROSS. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
[C. PUBLIC COMMENTS TO AGENDA ITEMS D AND E ONLY]
WE ASK THAT CONCERNS OR COMPLAINTS REGARDING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS NOT BE RAISED IN THIS PUBLIC FORUM.THE BOARD REQUESTS THAT COMMENTS, WHETHER POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, BE COURTEOUS AND RESPECTFUL.
I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE AUDIENCE AND THE VIEWERS THAT THE COMMENTS OF THE SPEAKERS REFLECT THEIR OWN POSITIONS OR OPINIONS. AS A REMINDER, THE BOARD ADOPTED AN ANTI-HATE RESOLUTION ON JANUARY 20TH, 2022, WHERE THE BOARD REAFFIRMED ITS COMMITMENT TO THE WELL-BEING AND SAFETY OF ALL PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION, SEX, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, DISABILITY, AGE, OR POLITICAL BELIEFS, AND STANDS AGAINST SPEECH THAT INCITES HATRED AND VIOLENCE TOWARDS ANY PERSON.
PER TEXAS PENAL CODE 38.13, 42.01, 42.02 AND 42.05 AND TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 37.105, NO AUDIENCE MEMBER OR SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO ENGAGE IN ANY CONDUCT THAT IS DISRUPTIVE OR THREATENING TOWARD ANY SPEAKER OR OTHER PERSON, OR TO VIOLATE THE PRIVACY RIGHTS OF ANOTHER PERSON.
THE BOARD SHALL NOT TOLERATE DISRUPTION OF THE MEETING BY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.
IF, AFTER AT LEAST ONE MORE INDIVIDUAL WARNING FROM THE PRESIDING OFFICER, ANY INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING BY HIS OR HER WORDS OR ACTIONS, THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL REQUEST ASSISTANCE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL REMOVED FROM THE MEETING.
THEREFORE, BOARD MEMBERS MAY NOT DISCUSS THE COMMENTS OF SPEAKERS.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS JENNY DAZELLE, AND YOU ARE A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT? THAT'S CORRECT. SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM E. E1.
OKAY. I AM A CERTIFIED TEACHER AND A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND A PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN CURRENTLY ATTENDING ROUND ROCK ISD SCHOOLS, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY.
UNDER THE BUDGET. ACCESS TO A TEACHER IS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF QUALITY EDUCATION.
AND ESTABLISHING THAT RELATIONSHIP HAS TO COME BEFORE THEY'RE WILLING TO LEARN FROM THAT ADULT.
IT'S INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE BEING THE ADULT ASSIGNED TO MEET THE ACADEMIC AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF 27 OR MORE KIDS, AND I FEEL LIKE THE SYSTEM IS SETTING UP OUR TEACHERS FOR AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK, AND WE CAN'T SET POLICIES LIKE THIS AND THEN WONDER WHY SO MANY KIDS FEEL DISCONNECTED. I BELIEVE THE DISTRICT'S DECISION TO INCREASE CLASS SIZES DIRECTLY CONFLICTS WITH OBJECTIVES TWO, FIVE AND EIGHT OUTLINED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS EDUCATIONAL CODE AND GOALS THREE AND FIVE SET IN THE DISTRICT'S OWN STRATEGIC PLAN.
I'M URGING THE BOARD AND THE DISTRICT TO REEVALUATE THE DECISIONS MADE REGARDING FIFTH GRADE CLASS SIZE SPECIFICALLY, BUT REALLY ALL CLASS SIZES IN GENERAL IN THIS CONTEXT, AND TO TAKE STEPS TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR TEACHERS ARE TREATED WITH THE FAIRNESS AND RESPECT THAT THEY DESERVE MOVING FORWARD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT WAS OUR ONLY PUBLIC COMMENT, SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO D 1.
[D. ACTION ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION BY CONSENT]
DO I HAVE ANY MOTIONS? VICE PRESIDENT MARKUM PRESIDENT MARKUM PRESIDING OFFICER MARKUM I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM D 1 BY CONSENT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT EVEN THOUGH.I'LL SECOND IT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
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OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO E1, SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, THE 2025-26 PROPOSED BUDGET.[E. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT]
OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR. AZAIEZ, TODAY I'M GOING TO BRING TO YOU A FIRST LOOK AT A VERY, VERY, VERY PRELIMINARY BUDGET.THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF VARIABLES THAT WILL AFFECT WHAT YOU WILL FINALLY SEE WHEN WE BRING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET TO YOU LATER DURING THIS BUDGET CYCLE, BUT NOW WE WANTED TO SHARE WHERE WE ARE NOW.
THERE WE GO. JUST SO WE KEEP GROUNDED IN HOW WE'RE PREPARING THE BUDGET, THESE ARE THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE THE LAST PRESENTATION.
FOCUS ON INSTRUCTION, MAINTAIN COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION, FOCUS ON SCHOOL SAFETY, MAXIMIZE THE USE OF GRANT FUNDING, REDUCE EXPENDITURES, MINIMIZE REDUCTIONS IN THE CLASSROOM AND ABOVE ALL ELSE, BALANCE THE BUDGET.
WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT AFFECTS THE BUDGET? AS YOU CAN SEE, I ADDED ONE FROM THE LAST TIME THAT WE HAD THIS PRESENTATION, THAT BEING FEDERAL LEGISLATURE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, AND SEEING IN THE NEWS THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WAS CUT 50% IN PERSONNEL THIS WEEK, AND THERE ARE TERRORISTS BEING IMPLEMENTED FOR GOODS AND SERVICES ACROSS THE NATION.
SO THOSE THINGS WILL HAVE A FACTOR ON THIS BUDGET.
OUR MAXIMUM COMPRESSION RATE, IT'S IN LAW NOW THAT IT WILL BE REDUCED BY ABOUT THREE PENNIES.
BUT ACCORDING TO THE VALUE OF OUR PROPERTY, WE ARE PROPOSING THAT WE KEEP IT FLAT BECAUSE OUR PROPERTY VALUES DID NOT INCREASE AS EXPECTED WHEN THEY IMPOSED THE THREE PENNIES. THE STATE LEGISLATION RESULTS HB TWO IS MOVING THROUGH THE HOUSE, AND IT HAS A LOT OF IMPACT ON HOW WE PREPARE THE BUDGET TO BRING FORWARD, INCLUDING THE SCHOOL VOUCHERS, THE BASIC ALLOTMENT INCREASE AND THAT HOLD HARMLESS WHEN THEY INCREASE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM $100,000 TO $140,000.
PROPERTY VALUE INCREASES AND DECREASES AS YOU ALL SAID, I SAID BEFORE WE GOT A PRELIMINARY FROM WILLIAMSON COUNTY, THAT PROPERTY IS GOING TO INCREASE ABOUT 3 TO 4% AND PROPERTY VALUE IN TRAVIS COUNTY WILL DECREASE ABOUT, I THINK THEY SAY 1 TO 2%. THE SPED FORMULA CHANGES, THAT'S IN HB TWO.
SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOUSE BILL TWO.
WHAT I TRY TO DO IS IS PREPARE A WHAT IF, IF THE BASIC ALLOTMENT IS INCREASED BY THE $220 AND THE SCHOOL SAFETY ALLOTMENT IS INCREASED FROM $10 TO $20, AND FROM $15 TO $30, I MEAN $15,000 TO $30,000 PER CAMPUS, AS YOU CAN SEE WE WILL GET $427 MILLION UNDER HOUSE BILL TWO AS IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT NOW, UNDER THE CURRENT LAW, WOULD BE $410 MILLION. WE WOULD GAIN $17.4 MILLION.
BASED ON HOW THE WORDING IS RIGHT NOW, WHEN THEY CHANGE THAT FORMULA AS TO HOW THE HOLD HARMLESS WHEN IT WENT FROM $25 TO $40 AND $40,000 TO $100,000 NOW $100,000 TO $140,000.
THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE THAT CALCULATION ON HOW THEY HOLD DISTRICTS HARMLESS AND BASED ON IMPACT THAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW, THAT WOULD BE ABOUT A $19 MILLION DECREASE TO FUNDING IN ALL OF THE HB TWO STUFF FOR US.
SO WE ARE HOPING THAT THEY GET THAT LANGUAGE CHANGED.
THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF CONVERSATION ABOUT GETTING THAT LANGUAGE REWRITTEN SO IT'S IT'S TRULY A HOLD,
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HARMLESS AS IT WAS INTENDED FOR. DENNIS, CAN YOU EXPAND A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I KNOW I DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF OUR MEMBERS I GUESS I KNOW WE HAVE TWO BOARD MEMBERS HERE. HOW THE HOME HOME EXEMPTION INCREASE, HOW THE LEGISLATURE INCREASES FROM $40 TO $100 AND NOW FROM $140, BECAUSE WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS TO COMBINE ALL OF THEM.RIGHT? RIGHT. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT, PLEASE. IN THE CURRENT LAW, WHEN THEY INCREASE THE HOLD HARMLESS FROM $25,000 TO $40,000, IT'S WRITTEN IN THAT LAW THAT THEY WILL HOLD DISTRICTS HARMLESS FOR THEIR LOSS OF REVENUE.
FOR WHEN THEY'VE DONE THAT AND THE STATE WILL REPLACE THAT REVENUE.
SAME THING FROM $40,000 TO $100,000 AND THEN IF THE PROPOSED INCREASE OF $100,000 TO $140,000 GOES INTO EFFECT, IT WOULD BE THREE DIFFERENT CALCULATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HELD YOU HARMLESS FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE CHANGES.
WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COMBINE ALL THREE OF THOSE INTO ONE AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO START WITH WHAT YOUR INCREASE HAS BEEN SINCE I THINK IT'S 21-22. AND IF YOUR INCREASE COVERS WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE GOTTEN FOR THOSE HOLD HARMLESS EXEMPTIONS, YOU WON'T GET THOSE FUNDS. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE DETRIMENTAL NOT TO JUST ROUND ROCK IT'S GOING TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO MOST DISTRICTS IN THIS STATE. AND SO THAT'S THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK ON TO GET CHANGED.
CAN I ASK I KNOW WE USUALLY HOLD AT THE END, BUT CAN I ASK A QUESTION? POINT OF ORDER. SURE. IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU DECIDED NOT TO PUT THIS ON SLIDE EIGHT? LIKE THE HOLD HARMLESS NEGATIVE EFFECTS. BECAUSE WE'RE THE 220 AND THE CHANGES THAT WE THAT I OUTLINED WERE SORT OF, SORT OF, I GUESS, REALLY KNOWN.
THERE'S NO REAL EFFECT OF THAT, THAT WE REALLY KNOW RIGHT NOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO GO.
AND SO I DIDN'T I DIDN'T WANT TO SHOW THAT AS A NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE BUDGET YET BECAUSE IT'S REALLY FROM FROM THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD THAT THEY ARE GOING TO GET THAT LANGUAGE CHANGED TO SO WHERE IT TRULY IS A HOLD HARMLESS FOR THOSE CHANGES.
CAN I EXPAND ON THAT? I THINK I THINK IT WAS A MISTAKE WHEN THEY WROTE WHOEVER WROTE I KNOW IT'S BUCKLEY IS THE SUPPORTER, I GUESS, OF THE BILL, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF BUCKLEY WHOEVER HELPED HIM WITH IT I THINK THE LANGUAGE WHEN IT COMES TO HOLD HARMLESS.
I THINK THEY MADE IT RETROACTIVE I THINK BACK TO 2022, I THINK, AND REALLY, WE NEED TO MAKE IT BACK RETROACTIVE FOR SINCE IT WAS TO BE LIKE WHAT, $25,000 I THINK THE HOME EXEMPTION, YES. AND IF THEY MOVE THAT, THAT, THAT LANGUAGE, THEN WE WON'T BE WE WON'T BE EXPECTING ANY NEGATIVE WE'LL BE EXPECTED $17 MILLION. AND AGAIN IT WAS WE THINK IT WAS A MISTAKE ON THEIR PART.
AND NOW WE ARE MAKING THEM AWARE OF THE MISTAKE.
OKAY. THE ONLY REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A COMPLEX BILL BETWEEN HOUSE BILL TWO AND HOUSE BILL THREE, AND FOR US TO PROPERLY ADVOCATE WITH OUR LEGISLATORS KNOWING THE FULL PICTURE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WE CAN GET BEHIND THAT SUPPORT OF, HEY, YOU NEED TO CHANGE THIS LANGUAGE BECAUSE THIS IS THE OVERALL PICTURE OF HOW IT'S GOING TO NEGATIVELY AFFECT US.
AND SO WHATEVER THE BEST AND TO COMMUNICATE TO OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL IS, HEY WAY IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT NOW, IT'S BAD. AND WE NEED PEOPLE TO SPEAK UP AND REACH OUT.
AND BECAUSE I CAN'T UNDERSTAND, LIKE, ALL THE INTIMATE DETAILS LIKE THAT.
ABSOLUTELY. AND I DON'T EXPECT I MEAN, THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX, AS YOU KNOW, AND THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, I GUESS IF WE DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO THAT DATE, YOU WOULD THINK LIKE, BECAUSE THAT, WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS NOT BAD.
THEY'RE TRYING TO KIND OF COMBINE ALL OF THEM INTO ONE.
BUT THEN WHEN THEY PUT THAT YEAR, I GUESS, WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO TAKE EFFECT OR WHATEVER IT IS, THEY PUT 2022 SO THAT ONLY TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION, I THINK, THE $100,000 TO $140 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE LOSE THE OTHER HOLD HARMLESS. THANK YOU.
THE OTHER FACTORS THAT'S IN HB TWO IS THAT CHANGE OF THE 30% TO 40% FOR THE TOTAL REVENUE INCREASE FOR COMPENSATION, AND THAT'S JUST NOT THE BASIC ALLOTMENT INCREASE.
IT'S THE TOTAL INCREASE OF THE NEW MONEY THAT'S ALLOCATED TO THE DISTRICT HAS TO ADHERE TO THE 30 AND 40% GOES TO COMPENSATION, AND OF THAT, 75% OF THAT MUST GO TOWARDS TEACHER COMPENSATION.
THE SPED FORMULA CHANGES. STILL NO RULING ON EXACTLY WHAT THOSE NEW WEIGHTS WILL BE FOR THE CHANGES IN THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE SPED. AND WE ARE HOPING FOR THE SPED ALLOCATION FOR TESTING.
THAT SEEMS TO BE GETTING SOME GOOD TRACTION. SO WE HOPE THAT GETS PUT INTO THE LAW.
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SO I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE. BUT THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE USE FOR THE PRELIMINARY PROJECTION IS STUDENT ENROLLMENT AT 47,100. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE OF 92% INSTEAD OF THE 94, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE BLENDED WITH THE PRE-K BECAUSE WE DO FOUR DAY FUNDING AND THEY FUND HALF DAY.SO OUR OUR ATTENDANCE WILL BE AT 94, BUT THE FUNDING WILL BE AT 92.
SO HOW DID THAT LOOK? SO FAR OUR TAX REVENUE WITH THE MCR STILL AT THE FLAT. WE ARE PROJECTING TO GET $343,810,000.
OUR EIGHT GOLDEN PENNIES WILL GENERATE THE $43,000,652.
WE ARE INVESTMENT INCOME, AS YOU CAN SEE WE'RE GOING TO LOWER THAT FROM THE $4,000 THAT WE PRESENTED BACK IN EARLIER IN FEBRUARY TO THE $2,000,005. WE LEFT THE OTHER LOCAL REVENUE FLAT ESTATE REVENUE WILL GO DOWN AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S A CORRELATION WITH YOUR PROPERTY TAXES GOING UP.
THE TEACHER RETIREMENT ON BEHALF WE LEFT THAT FLAT.
SO OUR TOTAL REVENUE FOR NEXT YEAR IS PROJECTED AT $461 ,000,0 31.
AS FAR AS EXPENSES, OUR SALARIES WE SEE GROWING FROM $407,365 TO $414,535 AND THAT IS WITHOUT A PROPOSED SALARY INCREASE AT THE MOMENT AND WITHOUT ANY POSITION DECREASES.
MOST OF THE INCREASE IS DUE TO WE HAD TO INCREASE THE FUNDING IN THE BUDGET FOR SUBS.
WE HAVE TO START FUNDING FOR THOSE RETIREMENT PAYOUTS.
THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL STAFFING THAT WAS ADDED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THAT WAS NOT REALLY BEING ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE BUDGET, AND WE HAD AN AVERAGE SALARY ADJUSTMENT. SO THE TOTAL SALARIES IS $414,535.
THE DEPARTMENT WENT UP JUST A SMALL BIT FOR PROPERTY, I THINK IT WAS FOR INSURANCE AND MAYBE FUEL AND FOOD SERVICES. THE OTHER NUMBERS STAYED FLAT. SO OUR TOTAL ALLOCATIONS FOR EXPENSES IS $53,000,151.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR RECAPTURE BASED ON THE REVENUE INCREASE IS NOW PROJECTED AT $9,000,850.
SO TOTAL EXPENSES IS $477,536. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IN TOTAL, YOU'LL SEE THAT AS OF TODAY WE ARE PROJECTING A $16.5 MILLION DEFICIT. BUT BUT WE STILL HAVE NOT INCLUDED, AS YOU HAVE SAID BEFORE, WE ARE LOOKING AT REDUCING OUR EXPENDITURES FROM THE 24-25 BUDGET.
SO THESE ARE THINGS WE ARE LOOKING AT. NOTHING SETTLED, NOTHING FINAL.
BUT THESE ARE ITEMS THAT CAN BE USED TO REDUCE THE BUDGET.
AND THE REST OF THESE WE ARE EVALUATING. SO WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS.
CONTINUE TO CALCULATE THE COST ON ALL REDUCTIONS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED.
WE THINK IT SHOULD STAY FLAT, BUT WE GOT TO GET THAT OFFICIAL NOTICE.
GET ALL THE UPDATES ON THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
THEN WE WILL DEVELOP THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET. HOLD ANOTHER BUDGET WORKSHOP.
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MADAM CHAIR, THAT'S THE VERY PRELIMINARY BUDGET RIGHT NOW WITH STILL SO MANY VARIABLES THAT THAT'S THE BEST WE CAN DO TODAY WITH WHAT WE KNOW TODAY. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WEIR.WHAT ALL IS INCLUDED IN THAT? THOSE ARE REIMBURSEMENTS WE'VE RECEIVED THROUGH THE ROTC PROGRAM.
SO THEN MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION IS, AND I DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANYBODY'S BLOOD PRESSURE AN ISSUE, BUT ARE WE MAKING CONTINGENCY PLANS? SHOULD THERE BE AN ISSUE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S SUPPORT OF FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH TITLE ONE SCHOOLS SPECIAL EDUCATION WITH THE CUTS THAT ARE COMING? WELL, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY NOTIFICATION THAT ANY OF THEM WERE CUT.
BUT NO, WE DON'T HAVE A CONTINGENCY. LIKE IF THOSE FUNDS GO TOTALLY AWAY WHAT WHAT'S THE IMPACT WOULD BE ON THE GENERAL FUND? BUT WE RUN THE NUMBERS THOUGH WE KNOW WE KNOW HOW MUCH LIKE WE RECEIVE.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE KNOW ALL THE NUMBERS, LIKE FOR FOR THE CHILD LIKE THE NUTRITION PROGRAM.
RIGHT. SO WE HAVE ALL THAT STUFF FROM WHAT WE GATHERING.
AT LEAST THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE TOUCHED, FOR EXAMPLE.
RIGHT. THE Y MAY TALK, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY FUNNELING THE MONEY THROUGH THE STATE INSTEAD OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT THE MONEY WILL BE GIVEN TO, I GUESS I'M ASSUMING TEA AND THEN TEA WILL JUST FUNNEL.
RIGHT. AND THEY WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THAT WE HEARD OF THAT SAYING THAT THAT THAT BUDGET IS GOING TO BE ELIMINATED RIGHT FROM THE, AGAIN, ANYTHING CAN CHANGE, RIGHT? WE DID RECEIVE THE PLANNING NUMBERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ED, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT WAS EARLIER. YEAH. AND I THINK I THINK DENNIS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THAT OR I DON'T KNOW IF RHONDA, YOU KNOW, BUT THE TOTAL NUMBER THAT WE GET FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHEN YOU ADD EVERYTHING, I THINK IS $20 SOME MILLION $ 20 DO YOU REMEMBER $ 21- 22 MILLION.
SO THAT'S INCLUDING OUR CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM.
AM I MISSING ANYTHING? SO IT'S ALL OUR TITLE TITLE GRANTS, WHICH IS PROBABLY ABOUT $6 MILLION, SPECIAL ED, IDEA B GRANTS IT'S ABOUT $10- 11 MILLION.
THE AND THEN WE HAVE MISCELLANEOUS OTHER. WE HAVE OUR PERKINS, WHICH IS LIKE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
I JUST I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE. BUT THE GOOD THING THE THE SCHOOL NUTRITION IS NOT A PART OF USDA, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. SO THEY HAVE NOT CUT THE USDA YET.
AND I'LL REFER YOU TO THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.
IT IS IN THE BACK. IT'S CALLED THE SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS.
IT'S NOT OUR COMPLETE BUDGET, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY WHAT WE HAVE SPENT.
SO IF YOU WANT TO LOOK, THE LAST THREE YEARS ARE ON OUR WEBSITE AND YOU CAN LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE SPENT EACH YEAR, AND WE GENERALLY TRY TO USE SOME OF IT CARRIES, CARRIES FORWARD IF WE DON'T SPEND IT FOR THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, CARRIES FORWARD INTO THE NEXT YEAR GRANT.
BUT TYPICALLY WE TRY TO USE ALL OF THE FUNDING.
WE DON'T WANT TO SEND ANYTHING BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IF WE DON'T HAVE TO.
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SO THAT SHOULD BE PRETTY EQUIVALENT TO WHAT OUR AWARDS ARE.OKAY. THANK YOU. BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY ALSO PROVIDE A DETAILED LIST.
THANK YOU. OKAY. TRUSTEE LANDRUM. SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON SLIDE 14.
CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE INCREASE IN SALARY POSITIONS FROM 3719 TO 3889? WHEN I THOUGHT WE WERE IN A HIRING FREEZE AND AND WHEN OUR ENROLLMENT IS PROJECTED TO BE FLAT, THAT THAT RIGHT THERE COVERS OUR, OUR DEFICIT JUST IN THE SALARY INCREASES.
YEAH. I CAN TELL YOU, LIKE, YOU SEE, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL TEACHER FOR ENROLLMENT, 03,000,1 00.
THAT IS ON THE SECOND COLUMN, RIGHT. THE 3,000,100 IN THE YELLOW, HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.
THAT'S THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS WE ADDED THIS YEAR.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAD TO HIRE MORE TEACHERS. AND THAT'S ABOUT AND THAT'S WHAT 3,000,100.
RIGHT? RIGHT. SO WE WROTE WE WROTE THE 3,000,001 AND THE 3,000,004 OVER INTO THE NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE THOSE ARE ONGOING STIPENDS AND COMPENSATION.
YEP. AND THE REMAINDER OF IT, AS I WAS MENTIONING, WAS FOR AVERAGE SALARY ADJUSTMENT, WHERE WE LOOK AT ALL OUR SALARIES AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH BUDGETED FOR AVERAGE SALARIES, WE INCREASE THE SUB BUDGET.
SO WE HAD TO ADD DOLLARS IN FOR TO COVER THOSE RETIREMENTS.
OKAY. SO THE THREE YELLOW LINES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE MIDDLE COLUMN ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE SALARIES AT THE TOP OF THAT COLUMN, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. AND SO WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS TO CREATE ADD THAT $9 MILLION TO THE 371.
JUST THE FIRST TWO. JUST THE FIRST TWO. SO THAT'S $7.5 MILLION.
YES. AND WHERE DOES THE OTHER $10 MILLION COME FROM? IT WAS THOSE THINGS I LISTED WITH THE AVERAGE SALARY AND THE BUDGETING.
THE POSITIONS AT MIDPOINT INCREASES FOR SUBS.
SO THAT DOES INCLUDE A LITTLE BIT OF SALARY INCREASE FOR STAFF.
NO, IT'S FAR AS HOW IT'S BUDGETED. THAT'S NOT A SALARY INCREASE.
IT'S JUST HOW THE BUDGET WAS NOT BEING FULLY FUNDED BECAUSE OUR AVERAGE SALARIES ARE GROWING AND THE BUDGET IS IS BASED ON STARTING POINTS INSTEAD OF MIDPOINTS. SO WE'RE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION EACH YEAR.
OKAY. AND THEN TELL ME IF I MISSED IT BUT DO WE HAVE A LINE ITEM ADDRESSING OUR HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUES? NO. NOT YET. I DIDN'T THINK I MISSED THAT. NO.
NOT YET. WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL THAT THAT THAT THE THE $5 MILLION, $5 MILLION THAT WE PUT THERE THIS YEAR THAT THAT COMES BACK TO ZERO AND THAT THE PLAN REMEMBER IT'S THE PLAN IS PARTLY IN THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE HOPING THAT THE PLAN THAT WE STARTED IN JANUARY IS SELF-SUPPORTING.
AND I THINK YOU ALL WILL BE GETTING A BRIEFING ON THE HEALTH INSURANCE IN THE NEXT MONTH.
OKAY. I THINK THAT THESE THREE PAGES ARE SO VITAL FOR US TO BE SHOUTING FROM THE MOUNTAINTOP THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE LOOKING AT A 220 INCREASE POSSIBLE IN INCREASE IN OUR BASIC ALLOTMENT, THAT WE'RE STILL AT A $16 MILLION DEFICIT, AND THAT'S WITH NO SALARY INCREASE WHATSOEVER.
CORRECT. WELL, IF WE IF WE GET IF WE GET THE 17, IF THE LET'S SAY HYPOTHETICALLY HOUSE BILL TWO PASSES AFTER THEY FIX THE THE HOLD HARMLESS ISSUE, THEN WE WILL GET $17 MILLION, RIGHT? BUT REMEMBER THAT $17 MILLION, WE CANNOT JUST WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST USE TO OFFSET THE THAT WILL OFFSET THE DEFICIT.
RIGHT. BUT WE HAVE TO GIVE 40 USE 40% OF IT TO INCREASE THE SALARIES.
SO WE ONLY CAN USE 60% THE REST THE REMAINING TOWARD ANY KIND OF DEFICIT.
SO WE HAVE TO USE MINIMUM 40% FOR SALARY INCREASE.
WHAT IS OUR WHAT IS OR MAYBE THE ADMINISTRATION DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN AT THIS POINT, MAYBE YOU DO, I DON'T KNOW. BUT WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR EVALUATING THE POSSIBLE CONSIDERATIONS TO REDUCE THIS BUDGET.
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I KNOW LAST YEAR WE WENT AROUND AND DID A BUDGET TOUR WITH ALL OF OUR STAFF.WE KIND OF LOOKED AT DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. I, I REALLY, REALLY WANT TO AVOID IMPACTING OUR CLASSROOMS. I MEAN, OUR TEACHERS, WE GAVE THEM A 1% RAISE AND WE INCREASED CLASS SIZE AND WE TOOK AWAY SUPPORT POSITIONS.
AND, AND AND THE EFFECTS ARE BEING THEY'RE BEING FELT ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.
AND YOU KNOW, AT WHAT POINT DO WE HAVE TO MAKE EVEN HARDER DECISIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM? I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. I DON'T KNOW. BUT LOOKING AT PROGRAMS TO CUT OR I MEAN, I BET IF WE CUT FOOTBALL, THEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO REALLY START GETTING VOCAL IN THIS DISTRICT.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING, BUT I'M JUST SAYING WE CAN'T KEEP PASSING ALONG THESE HURTS TO OUR CLASSROOMS AND TO OUR TEACHERS. RIGHT. AND SO THIS JUST IS SO DEPRESSING.
I MEAN, WE DEFINITELY CAN HAVE A HARDER LOOK AT EVERYTHING.
I MEAN, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO TO NOT TO MAKE LIKE MAJOR CUTS OR EVEN WE UNDERSTAND LIKE THE INCREASED SIZE IS ALSO SOMETHING IT'S NOT DESIRABLE AND IT'S NOT GOOD PER SE.
BUT EVEN WITH THE INCREASES, WE TRY TO BE VERY LIKE, I KNOW EVERY STUDENT, EVERY STUDENT TO EVERY CLASSROOM, OBVIOUSLY THAT COUNTS. BUT WE THERE ARE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO ARE ELIMINATING PROGRAMS ALTOGETHER.
RIGHT. AND WE CAN WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. BUT I THOUGHT FOR US TRYING TO BE MORE SURGICAL, I GUESS, AND MORE STRATEGIC ABOUT THE CUTS AND LIKE TREATMENT FOR EVERYTHING FROM DIFFERENT THINGS, INSTEAD OF JUST GOING AFTER 2 OR 3 THINGS THAT ELIMINATE THEM ALTOGETHER.
I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE, I THOUGHT WOULD BE A BETTER OPTION.
BUT EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR DEFICIT WILL BE.
THIS IS JUST AN ESTIMATE. WE DON'T KNOW. I HEARD TODAY ACTUALLY THAT THEY ARE NOW LOOKING AT POSSIBLY NOT INCREASING THE BASIC ALLOTMENT BY 220, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO AGAIN, WE ARE WE'RE WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE MAKE MAJOR CUTS OR MAKE MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE WE WAIT A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND SEE WHAT IS COMING OUR WAY. BECAUSE REALLY, THAT REALLY WILL CREATE SOME HUGE DISRUPTION, I GUESS, TO OUR DISTRICT AND OUR SYSTEM AND BUT TWO YEARS AGO WE BUDGETED ON HOPES AND IT DIDN'T COME THROUGH.
THAT'S RIGHT. AND I JUST I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE CAN DO THAT AGAIN.
AND I MEAN IT IT'S CATASTROPHIC WHAT'S HAPPENING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION IN TERMS OF FUNDING.
BUT I JUST I, I CAN'T I CAN NO LONGER BUDGET ON HOPES.
BECAUSE IT'S JUST IT'S NOT FAIR TO OUR, OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO YEAH, IT'S DEPRESSING. YEAH. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS UNLESS YOUR BUTTONS AREN'T WORKING. I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION. JUST LOOKING AT BEST PRACTICES FROM THE LAST TIME WE MADE SOME BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS.
AND LEARNING FROM FROM THAT, ARE WE DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR COMMUNICATING TO AND INCLUDING OUR STAFF IN THE DECISION MAKING? AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YEAH, WE WE WILL, WE WILL.
I THINK LAST YEAR OBVIOUSLY ALWAYS CAN LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES, RIGHT? LAST YEAR I THOUGHT WE THE PLAN THAT WE DID WERE INCLUDED PRINCIPALS, INCLUDED STAFF MEMBERS, WE GET OBVIOUSLY YOUR INPUT AS WELL. ALSO WE TALKED WITH A VARIETY OF OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO AS MUCH OF THAT AS POSSIBLE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, EXPLAIN THE WHY, RIGHT? LIKE WE DON'T WANT TO, LIKE INCREASE THE CLASS SIZE.
WE DON'T WANT TO ELIMINATE OR CUT FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS. WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO EXPLAIN HOW THE SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL FINANCES WORK AND WHY SCHOOL DISTRICTS LIKE ROUND ROCK ISD ARE GOING THROUGH SOME DIFFICULT TIMES. I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S DEPRESSING TALKING ABOUT A DEFICIT, $17 MILLION, BUT I THINK WE WE AS A DISTRICT, WE ALWAYS WANT TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND WE TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT TOGETHER AND NOTHING, NOTHING BETTER WHEN WE ALL COME TOGETHER AND TRY TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES TOGETHER.
YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
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AND I KNOW THAT AS A DISTRICT AND THIS BOARD, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE ON OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES TO TRY TO GET AS MUCH FUNDING AS POSSIBLE FOR THIS DISTRICT AND PUBLIC EDUCATION IN GENERAL.SO AGAIN, APPRECIATE IT. I KNOW IT'S NOT FUN, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH ALL OF THIS TOGETHER AND CONTINUE TO BE TRANSPARENT IN OUR COMMUNICATION, ESPECIALLY TO OUR STAFF AND THE ROLLOUT OF OF THESE CHANGES.
SO IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THAT IS THE THANK YOU AGAIN.
THAT'S THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, AND IT IS 7:06 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.