HISD board has second thoughts about proposed budget that calls for roughly $60 million in cuts.
Board member of HISD Sue Deigaard addresses an agenda topic at HISD board meeting in Houston, Texas on Thursday, March 9, 2023.Houston ISD board members expressed concern Thursday about making budget cuts to campuses right before the district is taken over by the Texas Education Agency.
Currently, the proposed measures would save about $62 million, according to the district, but more cuts will likely be needed to balance the $2.2 billion budget. “I’m still bothered we added $100 million to our unassigned fund balances, but we’re cutting $40 million to campuses at an incredibly unstable time for this district,” Deigaard said, “and I don’t understand when we’re doing it with this much savings in the bank.”“Every time we look at the budget there is money sitting in the pot,” Cruz said, “yet we’re talking about cutting money in campuses so I’m trying to reconcile that.
The district is in the process of working with the TEA and their budget team who will come in once a week, starting next week, House said.
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