Jun 10, 2025 Workshop

[I. Call to Order and Determination of a Quorum]

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GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. IT'S NOW 2:00, AND THIS IS THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING FOR TUESDAY, JUNE THE 10TH, 2025. AND I DO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND DETERMINE THAT THERE IS A QUORUM PRESENT.

MISS HOGAN, IS THERE ITEM NUMBER TWO? PUBLIC FORUM.

IS THERE ANY CARDS? NO, SIR. SEEING NONE, THEN WE WILL GO TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, AGENDA ITEMS FOR BUDGET WORKSHOP.

[III.A.1. Receive Preliminary Budget Planning Presentation for 2025-2026]

AND BECAUSE THERE MAY BE, YOUR QUESTIONS MAY BE ANSWERED THROUGH THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION, WHICH IS QUITE LENGTHY.

SO PLEASE PAY ATTENTION ON THOSE. BUT IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE.

BUT TRY TO WAIT TILL WE GET TO THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL GO TO ITEM 3 A INFORMATION ITEMS, RECEIVE A PRELIMINARY BUDGET PLANNING PRESENTATION FOR 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.

DARRELL DODDS AND ELISA CORDOVA-LONG. MR. DODD, GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT BEACH BOARD MEMBERS.

SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR LOPEZ. WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT WHILE WE'VE DONE THE LAST FEW YEARS AND HOPEFULLY GET ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD LAST MONTH ANSWERED. WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROPOSAL.

WHICH THE AGENDA IS QUITE LENGTHY. AS YOU MENTIONED.

THE PRESENTATION IS QUITE LENGTHY. SO WE'LL BE REVIEWING OUR 24-25 BUDGET, OUR FUND BALANCE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IMPACT, STUDENT PROGRAM COSTS VERSUS STATE FUNDING, COST CONTAINMENT MEASURES TO DATE, AND THEN WE WILL BE MOVING INTO OUR PROJECTED 25-26 STUDENT ENROLLMENT, PROJECTED 25-26 TAX RATES, OUR PROPOSED TAX RATES AND THEN PROPOSED 25-26 BUDGET.

AND THEN WE CAN GET TO SOME QUESTIONS. SO OUR BUDGET OVERVIEW, THIS IS REALLY UNCHANGED FROM THE LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP. YOU SEE WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY IN OUR ACTUALS WHICH IS A COUPLE MONTHS BEHIND BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE, OUR FINANCIALS ARE ALWAYS TWO MONTHS BEHIND.

AND THEN OUR ESTIMATED YEAR END ACTUALS WHERE YOU SEE WE ARE ESTIMATING TO FINISH IN IN A DEFICIT BUDGET OF 62,831,378. ALSO WITH THAT DEFICIT, THIS IS WHERE OUR ESTIMATED FUND BALANCE WILL BE AT 161,052,619. YOU WILL SEE THE BIG CIRCLE UP THERE TO STAY WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF OUR FUND BALANCE. WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE THREE MONTHS OF FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS 150,941,742 WHICH THAT IS WE'RE JUST ABOVE THAT WHERE WE FEEL LIKE WE WILL FINISH THIS CURRENT YEAR. THIS IS OUR BREAKDOWN OF OUR CURRENT BUDGET, WHERE YOU SEE MOST OF OUR EXPENSES, 83.2 ARE IN PAYROLL AND THEN SMALLER AMOUNTS IN PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTED SERVICES, SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS, AND OTHER OPERATING SERVICES.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO POINT OUT IS OUR THE STATE AVERAGE FOR CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION ACROSS THE STATE, THE THE COST OF CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION IS 1.2%.

HERE AT OUR CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION COST IS AT 0.6%.

SO YOU SEE WHERE OUR CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION IS ACTUALLY HALF OF WHAT THE STATE AVERAGE IS FOR OUR DISTRICT.

WHAT LED US TO SOME OF THE BUDGET DEFICITS? WE ARE STILL OPERATING ON 2019 FUNDING FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

BUT WE HAVE INCREASED OUR TEACHER AND STAFF SALARIES.

LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE, OVER THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME, THAT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY NEW FUNDING FROM THE STATE.

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AND ANOTHER THING THAT CAUSES OUR BUDGET DEFICIT IS OUR DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND LOWER ADA.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS NUMEROUS TIMES ABOUT HOW OUR ENROLLMENT HAS DECLINED OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS BOARD AND DISTRICT LOOKED AT IN 2020 WAS WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.

WHAT WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND WENT OUT FOR A TAX RATE ELECTION? IT DID NOT PASS. SO THAT PUT ADDITIONAL BUDGET PRESSURE ON OUR BUDGET.

AND AS WE ALL EXPERIENCE SOME UNEXPECTED COST, EXTREME WEATHER FACILITY ISSUES, WE'RE DEALING WITH SEVERAL FACILITY ISSUES NOW WITH SEVERAL CHILLERS GOING DOWN THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE ESTIMATED AT AT LEAST 600,000 JUST AT ONE SCHOOL.

SO THERE'S THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN OUR BUDGET.

SOME WE CAN FORESEE, SOME WE CAN'T. BUT THOSE UNEXPECTED COSTS ALWAYS POP UP AND WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IT IMMEDIATELY SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE OUR CAMPUSES UP AND RUNNING.

SO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IMPACT. SO IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, OUR LEGISLATORS PASSED PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST INVESTMENTS IN THE PUBLIC EDUCATION.

MOST, THEY ALLOCATED $8.5 BILLION TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

MOST OF THAT FOR FOR US IS IN TEACHER SALARIES REQUIRED TEACHER RAISE.

AND WE WILL GO THROUGH THAT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.

BUT AS WE SEE, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN HOW THE FUNDING LEVELS FROM 2019 HAVE BEEN INSUFFICIENT.

THE 2019 PER STUDENT ALLOCATION FROM THE STATE WAS 61,60 AND THEY INCREASED IT ONLY $55.

YES, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID FOR OUR TEACHERS AND FOR SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS. BUT AS YOU SEE, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION UPDATE, THAT NEARLY ALL THE MONEY THAT WE RECEIVE IS A REQUIRED SPEND, AND NOT SOMETHING WE CAN USE FOR GENERAL OPERATIONS.

SO AS I TALKED ABOUT THE MANDATORY TEACHER PAY RAISES, SINCE WE'RE OVER 5000 IN ENROLLMENT, THE TEACHERS AND THIS IS EVEN IT DOESN'T GO TO ALL TEACHERS.

SO TEACHERS WITH 3 TO 4 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WILL SEE, WILL RECEIVE A $2,500 INCREASE IN THEIR SALARY FROM THE STATE. AND THOSE WITH FIVE PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WILL RECEIVE 5000.

THERE IS AN INCREASE TO THE TEACHERS INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT, BUT THAT IS NOT THIS FIRST YEAR OF THE BIENNIUM.

IT ONLY APPLIES TO THE SECOND YEAR IN 26-27 IT DOES PUT AN EMPHASIS ON TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, BUT AS I JUST MENTIONED A WHILE AGO, IT ONLY INCREASED THE BASIC ALLOTMENT WHICH FUNDS ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO IN OUR DISTRICT, AND THEY ONLY INCREASE THAT $55. WE'VE MADE MENTION THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET, BOARD THEM, THEIR OWN NUMBERS SAY THAT THEY NEEDED TO INCREASE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT BY 1400.

THAT WOULD BRING US UP TO THE FUNDING LEVELS WE ACTUALLY HAD IN 2019.

AND THIS BILL REDUCES THE FUNDING FLEXIBILITY FOR ALL DISTRICTS BECAUSE ALL OF IT ARE NOW IN, SAY, ALL OF IT. MOST OF IT IS TARGETED TO A SPECIFIC SPEND OR A SPECIFIC REQUIRED SPEND.

THIS IS THE ESTIMATED STATE REVENUE AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES RIGHT NOW AND GETTING CLARIFICATION ON HOUSE BILL TWO. WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION BY THE TIME WE MEET BACK UP JUNE 24TH.

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I'M JUST TELLING YOU, BECAUSE OF THE CLARIFICATIONS THAT WE STILL NEED ON EVEN THE TEACHER RETENTION AND SUPPORT STAFF SALARY. SO OUR ESTIMATED AMOUNT IS 14,452 MILLION, WHICH IS 54% OF WHAT WE ARE RECEIVING FOR THE STATE. SO THAT AMOUNT ALONE CANNOT BE SPENT ON ANYTHING ELSE.

BUT EXCUSE ME. TEACHER SALARY INCREASES AND SUPPORT STAFF.

THERE'S A NEW ALLOTMENT WHICH THE TEACHER RETENTION SUPPORT STAFF ARE TWO NEW ALLOTMENTS.

THERE IS ANOTHER NEW ALLOTMENT FOR BASIC COST.

AND THIS IS BEING DUBBED AS THE ABC ALLOTMENT.

SO THIS AMOUNT 5.4, WHICH IS 20%, LITTLE OVER 20% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT CANNOT BE USED FOR SALARIES.

IT CAN ONLY BE USED TO PAY THE PAYROLL TAX INCREASE THAT WILL HAVE FOR THE TEACHER, INCREASED SALARIES AND SUPPORT STAFF SALARIES. IT CAN BE USED FOR UTILITIES.

IT CAN BE USED FOR INCREASED INSURANCE COST AND TRANSPORTATION.

BUT IT'S VERY SPECIFIC THAT IT CAN'T BE USED FOR GENERAL USE OTHER THAN THOSE ARE ENLISTED.

THE SAFETY AND SECURITY ALLOTMENT HAS AN INCREASE OF $1.8 MILLION, WHICH IS LITTLE, LITTLE LESS THAN 7%.

AND IT'S ALL FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY. SO THAT IS A REQUIRED SPEND THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND IT ON.

SAFETY AND SECURITY. SPECIAL EDUCATION EVALUATION ALLOTMENT.

THIS IS A NEW ALLOTMENT. WE HAVE A SPECIAL EDUCATION ALLOTMENT AND THAT HELPS FUND WHAT WE DO IN OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION.

THIS IS GEARED SOLELY TO A FIRST TIME EVALUATION OF A STUDENT.

AND THIS IS ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS. SO IF WE ONLY DO 1500 EVALUATIONS WE WOULD ONLY GET BACK 1.5 MILLION. SO THIS WILL ADJUST COMPARED TO WHAT FIRST TIME EVALUATIONS THAT WE DO ON ON STUDENTS.

THEN WE HAVE ADJUSTMENTS TO ALL THE REST OF THE CURRENT ALLOTMENTS.

EXCUSE ME. OF ABOUT 1.1 MILLION. AND THEN THE REGULAR ALLOTMENT. THIS IS MAINLY THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE CAN SPEND TO FUND A LOT OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO, WHETHER IT'S MAINTENANCE, WHETHER IT'S SALARY INCREASES.

THIS IS REALLY THE ONLY PART THAT DOESN'T HAVE SOMETHING ATTACHED THAT IS A REQUIRED SPIN.

SO HOUSE BILL TWO HAS BEEN, IN MY OPINION, DUBBED AS A FLOW THROUGH HOUSE BILL.

IT FLOWS THE MONEY TO US, BUT WE ARE REQUIRED TO SPEND IT ON HOW THE STATE SET IT UP.

MAJORITY OF IT GOES TO TEACHER AND SUPPORT STAFF SALARIES.

THE $2 MILLION THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE, THAT IS REALLY THE ONLY FREED UP MONEY THAT WE HAVE THAT WE CAN OPERATE THE SCHOOL.

THE BASIC ALLOTMENT WAS INCREASED BY $55. AND AS I SAID BEFORE, DUE TO INFLATION REALLY TO KEEP UP WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE TO US IN 2019, THEY NEEDED TO INCREASE IT BY $1,400.

SO THIS IS NOT ENOUGH TO ADDRESS OUR DEFICIT OR SUSTAIN OPERATIONS AND CURRENT LEVELS OF PROGRAMING.

AND SO I TOLD YOU WE WERE SWITCHING THINGS UP.

I HAVE TWO ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES WITH ME. DOCTOR ADAMS AND DOCTOR PERALES THAT WILL LEAD THE THIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION AND I NEED IT. MY VOICE IS GOING. PRESIDENT BEACH TRUSTEES DOCTOR LOPEZ.

AS MR. DODDS MENTIONED, DOCTOR PERALES AND I ARE GOING TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THE NEXT STEPS LOOKING MORE CLOSELY AT SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS. LOOKING AT THE COST OF PROGRAMS, SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROGRAMS. TALK ABOUT REVENUE A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN REALLY TALK ABOUT SOME GAPS BETWEEN THE PROGRAM COST AND THE REVENUE.

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AND THIS STUDENT IS IN A GROUP THAT'S LEARNING HOW TO BUILD MOTORCYCLES.

SO THAT'S PRETTY NEAT. AND SO WE OFFER A LOT OF STUDENT PROGRAMS IN GARLAND ISD.

AND IN FACT IT'S ONE OF OUR STRENGTHS THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF. AND SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE STUDENT PROGRAMS. WE KNOW THAT EVERY STUDENT IN OUR DISTRICT TAKES A DIFFERENT PATH.

SOME STUDENTS ARE BOUND OFF TO COLLEGE, SOME STRAIGHT INTO A CAREER.

AND SO OTHERS TAKE THIS FINE ARTS PATH. OTHERS TAKE THIS KIND OF ADVANCED ACADEMICS KIND OF MAGNET PROGRAMING PATH.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS AND SPEND A LITTLE BIT TIME KIND OF LOOKING AT COSTS HERE.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH CTE AND GARLAND ISD.

WE REALLY DO HAVE AN UNMATCHED CTE PROGRAM. AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF ONE OF OUR STUDENTS AT SOUTH GARLAND THAT'S IN A MANUFACTURING CLUSTER.

WE HAVE 14 DIFFERENT CAREER CLUSTERS IN GARLAND ISD WITH 34 AVAILABLE PROGRAMS OF STUDY.

AND IF YOU THINK JUST ABOUT THE IMPACT OF HOW MANY KIDS THAT INVOLVES, IT'S ABOUT 85% OF ISD'S SECONDARY STUDENTS.

ABOUT 14,000 KIDS ARE ACTIVELY ENROLLED IN A PROGRAM OF STUDY.

THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THESE STUDENTS FEED INTO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND LOCAL ECONOMY AND LOCAL WORK AND REALLY WORK TOWARDS EARNING A LIVABLE WAGE. BUT WITH THAT AND ALL THE DIFFERENT CLUSTERS AND PROGRAMS WE OFFER, THERE IS COST THAT COMES WITH IT.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE HERE IT STARTS AT A BREAKDOWN OF THE SUM OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, NOT ALL OF THEM.

HEALTH SCIENCE IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST CLUSTERS. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE PICTURED HERE.

IT'S JUST OVER 2.5, ALMOST $2.6 MILLION AT COST.

IT GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE, ABOUT 1.5 AND WITH A TOTAL COST OF JUST OVER $23 MILLION FOR OUR CTE PROGRAMING. AND SO CTE IS FUNDED, AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO SPEND ABOUT 55% OF OUR FUNDING ON OUR ALLOCATIONS ON PROGRAMING. AND YOU'LL SEE HERE ON THE SLIDE, YOU'LL ALSO SEE THIS AS A GREEN ARROW THAT REPRESENTS A HB2 FUNDING.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WITH HB2 THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING AT ABOUT 600, ALMOST $700,000.

AND SO VERY PROUD OF THIS SLIDE BECAUSE OF ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE WITH EARLY CHILDHOOD.

AND THE BOARD IS EXPANDED. APPROVED THE EXPANSION OF PRE-K CENTERS AND PRE-K CLASSROOMS ACROSS THIS DISTRICT FOR FULL DAY.

AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ALMOST 2700 KIDS IN PRE-K PROGRAMS. AND WE KNOW THAT WHEN KIDS START IN PRE-K, THEY STAY WITH US.

IN GARLAND ISD, WE HAVE TWO PRE-K CENTERS, YOU KNOW, 33, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SATELLITE SCHOOLS PLUS TWO MONTESSORI PROGRAMS AS WELL.

AND WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS WHEN KIDS COME TO US AND THEY START IN PRE-K, THEY'RE BETTER POSITIONED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN KINDERGARTEN AND MOVING ON.

AND THIS IS THIS NEXT PICTURE MAY BE ONE OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES HERE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, THESE ARE SOME OF OUR CISNEROS PRE-K STUDENTS ACTUALLY SITTING IN CHAIRS THAT THE LATER IN THE WEEK OR THE FOLLOWING WEEK THAT ARE SENIORS SAT IN AT GRADUATION. BUT THIS IS A PARTIALLY FUNDED MANDATE.

AND SO WE HAVE A TOTAL COST ABOUT 11,800,000 TO GET SOME STATE FUNDING, ABOUT 6.8 MILLION WITH A GAP OVER $5 MILLION. AND SO YOU'LL SEE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE GET THROUGH HB2.

BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO COVER THE CURRENT COST OF FULL DAY PRE-K.

SO WE'RE STILL OVER A $5 MILLION GAP. SO ANYTIME THAT YOU SEE THE ARROW IS GOING TO BE THAT THAT'S A MANDATE THAT WE HAVE FROM THE STATE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU THE KIND OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT IT COST IS AND WHAT THE ACTUAL FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE.

AND SO NEXT, THIS HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF GARLAND FOR MANY YEARS IS OUR WHAT WE PROVIDE FOR ADVANCED LEARNERS, SOME OF OUR GT STUDENTS THROUGH OUR MAGNET PROGRAMS. AND STARTING WITH THE FIRST ONE, AN IB PROGRAM THAT FEEDS INTO GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS HAS BEEN A FLAGSHIP PROGRAM IN GARLAND FOR MANY YEARS.

WE HAVE THE ACADEMIES FEED INTO AUSTIN. AUSTIN FEEDS INTO NORTH GARLAND.

EXCUSE ME WITH ALMOST 2000 STUDENTS, AND YOU KIND OF GO THROUGH HERE AND YOU'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND ITS FEEDERS, ALMOST 2000 STUDENTS, THE MONTESSORI LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, IT'S ABOUT 1200 STUDENTS WITH A TOTAL IMPACT OF ABOUT 6594 KIDS.

SO THAT'S A LOT OF KIDS. A LOT OF OUR HIGHEST LEARNERS THAT WERE ACCELERATING AND PUSHING BY OFFERING THESE DIFFERENT MAGNET OPPORTUNITIES.

AND AGAIN, WITH THAT YOU HAVE A COST. YOU HAVE THE IB COST AT THE TOP HERE AT 2.4.

AND IT KIND OF GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN WITH MST.

YOU KIND OF ADD ALL THAT UP. THAT'S $7.7 MILLION.

YOU'LL SEE THE FUNDING THAT WE GET THROUGH THE STATE. JUST UNDER A MILLION.

AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING WITH HB TWO AND YOU'LL SEE THE GAP.

AND SO WITH THESE INCREDIBLE PROGRAMS, WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER STUDENTS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS IS A PARTIALLY FUNDED MANDATE.

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AND WE ALSO OFFER INCREDIBLE, YOU KNOW, BILINGUAL DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMING FOR KIDS.

WE HAVE ONE WAY SPANISH DUAL LANGUAGE THAT IMPACT ALMOST 7000 KIDS.

WE HAVE VIETNAMESE PROGRAM AS WELL. VERY PROUD OF THAT.

WE GET VISITORS ALL ACROSS THE NORTH TEXAS AND THE STATE TO VISIT THAT PROGRAM, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR VIETNAMESE STUDENTS ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE PRE-K THROUGH FIFTH GRADE, AND WE ALSO HAVE A TWO WAY DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM AT VIAL.

WE HAVE OVER 7000 KIDS IN OUR DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. BUT AGAIN, WITH THAT, THERE ARE SOME SUBSTANTIAL COST.

AND SO YOU SEE THE KIND OF THE COST AT THE TOP OF THIS SLIDE FOR ONE WAY DUAL LANGUAGE, YOU'LL SEE THE COST FOR THE VIETNAMESE DUAL LANGUAGE.

AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE COST AT VIAL WITH THE TWO WAY DUAL LANGUAGE WITH A TOTAL COST OF OVER $28 MILLION.

AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT SLIDE IN THAT.

WE DO HAVE AN OFFSET BY THE BASIC ALLOTMENT. YOU DO SEE IN RED THAT WE DO GET ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING, BUT THAT CANNOT BE USED TO PAY FOR TEACHER SALARIES.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO GO INTO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT. YOU SEE AN INCREASE HERE WITH HB 2 WITH ABOUT $118,000.

AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR OUR SENIORS AND THE ACCESS THAT WE'VE GIVEN THEM AT ALL SEVEN OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS TO HAVE P-TECH AND AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE ON THIS KIND OF CHART HERE, YOU'LL SEE DUAL CREDIT ON THE LEFT AND ADVANCED PLACEMENT AND IB ON THE RIGHT.

AND AGAIN, IT'S DUAL CREDITS AT ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND THE GRCTC WE OFFER 230 COURSES OVER 5000 STUDENTS AND 55,000 CREDIT HOURS EARNED. AND THAT'S IN HIGH SCHOOL, $3.7 MILLION IN TUITION SAVINGS, 1.5 MILLION IN TEXTBOOK SAVINGS. IF YOU GO THE OTHER SIDE TO AP AND IB, YOU HAVE OVER 6000 STUDENTS IN THOSE CLASSES, WITH OVER 99,300 AP EXAMS, 500 IB EXAMS, AND THE SAVINGS FOR STUDENTS OF OVER ALMOST $600,000 WITH $575,000. AND AGAIN, WITH UNMATCHED ACCESS. THERE'S A COST.

AND SO DUAL CREDITS COSTING OVER $7 MILLION. ADVANCED PLACEMENT $6.6 MILLION, IB $727,000.

YOU KIND OF ADD IT ALL UP. IT'S OVER $14 MILLION.

AND YOU GET THE STATE FUNDING THERE, $2.25 MILLION WITH A GAP OF OVER $12 MILLION.

THEN YOU'LL SEE THAT WE GOT IN THIS, YOU KNOW, HB2, THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT MR. DODDS TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, ABOUT $16,000 TO SUPPORT ACCESS FOR FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE WORLD CLASS FINE ARTS PROGRAM IN GARLAND ISD.

WE'VE SENT TWO HIGH SCHOOL BANDS TO STATE THIS YEAR, WHICH IS THE FIRST TIME EVER WE HAVE STATE WINNING NATIONALLY AWARD WINNERS.

WE JUST OFFER SO MUCH FOR OUR KIDS. IT STARTS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ELEMENTARY MUSIC PROGRAMS, ELEMENTARY ART PROGRAMS. WE HAVE SECONDARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL BAND, CHOIR, THEATER, CHEER PROGRAMS. AND YOU'LL KIND OF SEE ON THIS SLIDE JUST HOW MANY KIDS PARTICIPATE.

SO ALMOST 80 KIDS RIGHT NOW ARE CURRENTLY PARTICIPATING IN A FINE ARTS PROGRAM AT 39 OVER 39,000 KIDS.

BUT WITH THAT, THERE IS A COST. AND THIS MAY SURPRISE SOME, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP HERE, IT GOES THROUGH ELEMENTARY MUSIC, ELEMENTARY ART. YOU KIND OF SEE THE COST OVER $3 MILLION ALL THE WAY DOWN, YOU KNOW, BAND ABOUT 5.7 MILLION, 5.8 MILLION CHOIR PROGRAMS. IF YOU ADD ALL THAT UP, YOU KIND OF GET TO ABOUT JUST OVER $27 MILLION FOR OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAM.

THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE STATE THAT COVERS THAT.

WE SUPPORT THAT THROUGH OUR BASIC ALLOTMENT. AND WE TALK ABOUT FINE ARTS.

WE GOT TO TALK ABOUT ATHLETICS. WE HAVE ALMOST 9000 KIDS PARTICIPATING IN SECONDARY ATHLETICS AT SEVEN VARSITY PROGRAMS, SEVEN JV PROGRAMS. NINTH GRADE PROGRAMS AT ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

FROM FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL, SOCCER. TRACK AND FIELD, SOFTBALL.

WE HAVE SOME UNIQUE PROGRAMS LIKE GYMNASTICS AT LAKEVIEW.

WE ALSO HAVE 12 MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAMS AT ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

EVERY SINGLE SECONDARY SCHOOL HAS A ATHLETIC PROGRAM.

THIS LAST YEAR WE'VE HAD 100 SCHOLARSHIPS, WHICH EQUALED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, $10.1 MILLION IN TUITION SAVINGS.

BUT AGAIN, WITH AN INCREDIBLE OFFERINGS THAT WE OFFER OUR KIDS, THERE'S A COST WITH IT.

AND SO IF YOU LOOK HERE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL COST, YOU'RE AT ABOUT $1.4 MILLION, HIGH SCHOOL,

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AND SO YOU KIND OF THINK ABOUT ALL THOSE PROGRAMS LAST YEAR.

I THINK ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE ANNUAL COST ALTOGETHER.

YOU'RE JUST AT, YOU KNOW, $121.5 MILLION. WE GET ABOUT ALMOST $62 MILLION IN STATE FUNDING, WITH THE BASIC ALLOTMENT OFFSET OF ALMOST $50 MILLION, WITH A GAP OF $9.9 MILLION.

AND THEN IF YOU THINK ABOUT, OKAY, LET'S LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR AND THINK ABOUT HB2, YOU'LL SEE THE MONEY KIND OF ADDED IN THERE.

AND SO OUR GAP FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT'S MANDATED, WHAT DO WE OFFER FOR UNMATCHED STUDENT PROGRAMS? WE HAVE A GAP OF ABOUT $8.7 MILLION. AND SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF HAND THE HAND THIS OVER TO DOCTOR PERALES, AND SHE'S GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH A FEW OTHER PROGRAMS. HELLO, MR. BEACH. BOARD OF TRUSTEES DOCTOR LOPEZ.

I WAS SO EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS PRESENTATION THAT I DECIDED TO WEAR A MATCHING OUTFIT.

THAT BLUE IS COBALT BLUE, BY THE WAY. SO DOCTOR ADAMS JUST WENT OVER ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES.

I'LL BE GOING OVER THE THREE OTHER PRIORITIES, WHICH IS STUDENT SUPPORT AND SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS, TEACHER AND STAFF RETENTION AND SECURITY AND SAFETY.

SO OUR SPECIALIZED SERVICES, ALL THESE FOUR PROGRAMS ARE UNDER ONE UMBRELLA TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE EFFICIENT WITH OUR SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THAT WE GET IT AT THE RIGHT TIME. SO OUR SPED PROGRAM'S ABOUT 7917 STUDENTS.

IT'S GROWN IN THE PAST YEAR, ABOUT 700 STUDENTS.

AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT 400 STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN REFERRED AND STILL NEED TO BE EVALUATED.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER, JUST RECENTLY, WE APPROVED CERTAIN STIPENDS AND SOME STAFFING TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE CORRECT SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR DYSLEXIA PROGRAM. WE SERVE ABOUT 4887 STUDENTS.

AND THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF.

WE HAVE A DYSLEXIA THERAPIST AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS.

THERE ARE SOME SCHOOLS THAT HAVE MORE THAN ONE TO ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE RIGHT SUPPORT.

WE ALSO HAVE A TRAINING CENTER, SO I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WERE AWARE.

WE'VE SHARED IT IN OTHER PRESENTATIONS, BUT WE HAVE A TRAINING CENTER AND CURRENTLY WE TRAIN OTHER DISTRICTS.

SO THEY ATTEND OUR TRAINING CENTER TO TO PROVIDE THEM WITH NEW LEARNINGS.

NEW STAFF DEVELOPMENT FOR DYSLEXIA THERAPISTS.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR 504 PROGRAM. THIS IS ABOUT 4345 STUDENTS AND OUR MTSS STUDENTS AS WELL, WHICH IS OUR WE HAVE TIER TWO, ABOUT 9000 STUDENTS AND OUR TIER THREE CONSIST OF ABOUT ALSO NINE ALMOST 9000 STUDENTS ARE TIER THREE.

STUDENTS NEED MORE INTERVENTION. THERE ARE ABOUT A GRADE LEVEL BEHIND, AND SOME OF THESE STUDENTS END UP BEING REFERRED INTO SPECIAL ED.

AND SO VERY SIMILAR. YOU WILL SEE A GAP ANALYSIS FOR THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THAT'S ABOUT $8,239,868. SO WE DO RECEIVE STATE FUNDING.

BUT SIMILAR TO OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, OTHER PROGRAMS, THIS IS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE AS WELL.

THIS NEXT YEAR, 25-26 WE DO HAVE A GAP AS WELL.

LIKE I MENTIONED, OUR SPECIAL ED POPULATION IS GROWING.

AND SO THAT PROJECTED TOTAL COST HAS INCREASED.

WE DO RECEIVE HB 2 ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING. WE DID NOT INCLUDE WHAT MR. DODDS MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE 1.7 THAT'S PROVIDED FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION EVALUATIONS.

BECAUSE THAT IS CONSISTENT ON HOW MANY STUDENTS WE EVALUATE.

THEREFORE, WE JUST ADDED THE 432,000 THAT WE WOULD GET THROUGH HB 2.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE GAP IS STILL THERE WITH 15.2 MILLION.

TEACHER AND STAFF RETENTION ANOTHER PRIORITY THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF.

AS A DISTRICT, WE PRIORITIZED, PRIORITIZED OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF AND PROVIDED ANNUAL RAISES.

AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS THE THE COST, OVERALL COST SINCE 2019.

AND IT'S A BREAKDOWN OF THE AMOUNT THAT WE'VE INCREASED.

THIS LAST YEAR WAS 13.0 MILLION. SO THAT'S THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS NEXT YEAR.

LIKE MR. DODDS MENTIONED. SO WE ARE GETTING NEW FUNDING THROUGH HB2.

BUT THE ONLY TEACHERS THAT GET THIS RAISE ARE TEACHERS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE CLASSROOM FOR THREE OR MORE YEARS.

SECONDARY SCHEDULE FOR ADDITIONAL PLANNING TIME.

SO THIS ALSO FALLS UNDER RETENTION. IN THE PAST WE'VE PROVIDED ADDITIONAL PLANNING TIME.

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THIS IS A NOTE BECAUSE IT CAN BE A LITTLE CONFUSING.

THIS YEAR WE WERE WE IMPLEMENTED THIS PLAN STRATEGICALLY THROUGH ATTRITION.

THEREFORE WE ONLY SAVED ABOUT 10 MILLION. ALTHOUGH NEXT YEAR OUR SECONDARY TEACHERS WILL NOT HAVE THE ADDITIONAL PLANNING TIME.

FOR THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR, IT SHOWS YOU THEIR THE RAISES, THE ADDITIONAL PLANNING TIME AND THE STATE FUNDING.

OF COURSE IT WAS ZERO. THE GAP IS 35.8. AND THEN FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, 25-26 IT CAN GET A LITTLE CONFUSING. SO I JUST KIND OF WANT TO TAKE YOU THROUGH IT FOR TEACHER STAFF RAISES.

THIS NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO GET 14,452. THIS IS WHAT MR. DODDS JUST MENTIONED. THAT'S HB2. THE ADDITIONAL PLANNING TIME.

WE ONLY CUT 10 MILLION. ALTHOUGH IT COSTS 22.8 WE ONLY CUT 10 MILLION, SO THAT OVERALL COST FOR NEXT YEAR IS 37,252.

SO THEN IT TAKES YOU TO THE NEXT LINE. JUST THAT WAY, YOU CAN SEE VISUALLY HOW MUCH WE'RE GETTING FOR TEACHER RAISES THREE YEARS PLUS.

AND WE'RE GETTING 14,452 MILLION. AND THEN LIKE I MENTIONED ADDITIONAL PLANNING TIME.

SINCE WE CUT THE 10 MILLION WE'RE LEFT AT 12,8.

SO THE GAP FOR NEXT YEAR FOR 25-26 IS 12.8 MILLION.

SAFETY AND SECURITY. VERY PROUD OF OUR PROGRAM.

WE'VE SHOWN THAT OUR PRIORITY IS STUDENT AND STAFF SAFETY.

WE HAVE AN ARMED OFFICER AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES.

WE HAVE A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM IN ADDITION TO OUR ARMED SECURITY OFFICER PROGRAM, WHICH WE HAVE 43 OFFICERS AT OUR ELEMENTARY, ENTRY ELEMENTARIES.

AND WE ALSO HAVE SECURITY SERVICES WHICH CONSIST OF 19 SECURITY OPERATIONS, THAT IS OUR DISPATCHERS, OUR FACILITY PATROLS AND OUR DIRECTOR. SO OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY THIS PAST YEAR, THIS IS ANOTHER UNFUNDED MANDATE BECAUSE WE DO GET STATE FUNDING, WHICH IS 1.592 MILLION.

HOWEVER, THAT'S ALL WE GET. AND WE OUR TOTAL COST IS 11.5 MILLION.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A GAP OF ABOUT $10 MILLION.

AND THIS WILL ONLY INCREASE FOR NEXT YEAR. AND SO YOU ALL KNOW THAT FOR OUR SRO PROGRAM, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR GARLAND CITY, ROWLETT AND SACHSE. AND IF THEY GET RAISES, WHICH THEY ARE THIS YEAR, THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO MATCH THAT RAISE.

AND SO OUR PROJECTED TOTAL COST IS ABOUT 13.42 MILLION.

AND WE DO GET ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING THROUGH HB2.

BUT THEY'RE, THERE'S STILL A PROJECTED GAP OF 9.98 MILLION.

SO THIS WILL GIVE YOU OUR JUST AN OVERALL FOR 25-26 TOTAL PROJECTED GAP FOR OUR FOUR PRIORITIES, AND IT ADDS UP ABOUT 46,732,695. AND YOU'LL SEE THERE THAT WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE PROJECTIONS THROUGH HB2 . AND ALTHOUGH WE'RE WE'RE ESTIMATED A TOTAL OF ABOUT 26,579,162, 17.7 MILLION ARE THE ONES THAT GO TO THESE MANDATED PROGRAMS AND OR PRIORITIES.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL PASS IT OVER. BACK TO DOCTOR ADAMS. MR. DODDS IS ABOUT TO KIND OF GO INTO 25-26 BUDGET.

AND SO WE WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT MEASURES HAVE WE TAKEN NOW TO ADDRESS THE BUDGET DEFICIT THIS YEAR.

AND SO A LOT'S BEEN HAPPENING. I THINK WE YOU KNOW, DOCTOR PERALES AND I HAVE TALKED SO MUCH ABOUT BUDGET THIS YEAR. I HAD A TEACHER TELL ME RECENTLY, OR A PRINCIPAL TOLD ME RECENTLY THAT I'M STARTING TO SOUND LIKE A CFO.

SO, MR. DODDS, PROBABLY A COMPLIMENT TO YOU. BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE MEASURES WE'RE TAKING, AND I KIND OF WANT TO START WITH THE CIRCLE ON THE RIGHT IS BECAUSE WE'VE REALLY STARTED WITH THIS IDEA OF, OKAY, WE KNOW WE HAVE TO BRING DOWN COST. HOWEVER, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE.

AND SO AS SOON AS WE STARTED THIS PROCESS AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHERE WE CAN CONTAIN COSTS AND BRING FIND SAVES, WE STARTED WITH THE IDEA THAT NO ONE'S GOING TO LOSE THEIR JOB.

THERE'S GOING TO BE NO RIFT THIS YEAR. AND SO THAT'S TAKEN A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF INTENTIONALITY.

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AND THEN TWO IS WHERE IN OUR SYSTEM CAN WE IDENTIFY EFFICIENCIES.

WHERE CAN WE BE MORE EFFICIENT? WHERE CAN WE IDENTIFY REDUNDANCIES MAYBE STREAMLINE THINGS.

SO THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.

AND THEN THREE IS THIS NEW IDEA OF LIKE OKAY, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE THIS DEFICIT, HOW DO WE EVEN DRILL DOWN EVEN MORE? AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BIGGEST RETURN ON INVESTMENT, ON PROGRAMS, INITIATIVES AND SO FORTH.

AND SO THAT IF YOU KIND OF THINK ABOUT THAT AS I KIND OF GO OVER SOME OF THESE THAT'S KIND OF WHAT DROVE THIS PROCESS.

AND SO WE HONESTLY STARTED WITH CENTRAL OFFICE.

WE DIDN'T WANT, YOU KNOW, WE TRIED TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON CAMPUSES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE ASTERISK NEXT TO CENTRAL OFFICE REDUCTIONS BECAUSE THAT'S STILL HAPPENING.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABOUT $2.8 MILLION IN SAVINGS.

AND THEN WE SAID, OKAY, WE KNOW WE HAVE TO CONSOLIDATE, BE MORE EFFICIENT. THAT'S ABOUT 2 MILLION SOFTWARE CONSOLIDATIONS.

OKAY. WHERE DO WE HAVE THE REDUNDANCY IN THE SYSTEM? WHAT'S HAVING THE BIGGEST ROI ON STUDENT IMPACT.

AND YOU'LL SEE THE COST THERE. AND THEN IT WENT TO OKAY SUPPORT STAFF KNOWING THAT WE HAVE ALL THESE PERSONNEL THESE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT CAMPUSES, BUT THEY'RE MAYBE NOT IN THE MIDDLE IN FRONT OF KIDS EVERY DAY TEACHING CLASSES.

SO WE IDENTIFIED SAVINGS THERE. AND THEN, OKAY, YOU KNOW, CAN WE MAKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE HAVE TO MAKE CLASSROOMS A LITTLE BIT LARGER.

AND SO HR HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO MAKE CLASSES LARGER TO REDUCE STAFFING.

AND YOU SEE THE IMPACT THERE. AND THEN IT COMES DOWN TO OKAY DISTRICT PROGRAMS AND REDUCTIONS.

WE HAD A 10% REDUCTION TO DEPARTMENT BUDGET. SAME AS CAMPUSES AND OTHER PLACES.

WHERE DO WE FIND ADDITIONAL SAVINGS. YOU'LL SEE AN ASTERISK NEXT TO THAT BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PROCESS. STILL IDENTIFYING MORE SAVINGS IN THIS LAST ONE.

AND THE REASON WHY IT'S LAST IS THAT'S THE LAST ONE WE WANTED TO GET TO.

I STARTED THIS SAYING WE WANT TO MINIMIZE IMPACT ON CAMPUSES.

AND WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS.

WHEN DOCTOR PERALES TALKED ABOUT THIS, WHEN SHE TALKED ABOUT TEACHER RETENTION, THE IMPACT ON SECONDARY CAMPUSES, LOSING AN ADDITIONAL PLANNING PERIOD TO TEACH A CLASS, THERE'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SAVING THERE.

BUT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING THROUGH ATTRITION RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, MR. WEISNER AND TEAM ARE WORKING REALLY HARD. WE'RE ABOUT $10 MILLION, BUT THAT'S STILL HAPPENING.

AND SO THAT NUMBER WILL GROW THIS YEAR. BUT THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTION AND IMPACT ON CAMPUSES.

AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S KIND OF LAST ON THIS LIST, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO THERE IF WE COULD AVOID IT.

BUT YOU CAN KIND OF LOOK AT OUR PRELIMINARY SAVINGS RIGHT NOW FOR THIS YEAR ABOUT $27.5 MILLION IN REDUCTIONS SO FAR. AND THAT'S STILL HAPPENING.

AND SO I KIND OF SET THAT UP FOR MR. DODDS HERE, AS HE KIND OF JUMPS IN TO THE 2526 PROPOSED BUDGET.

WELL, THANKS, DOCTOR ADAMS AND DOCTOR PERALES.

YOU ALL HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB, AND THEY DID A TREMENDOUS JOB IN MAKING MY PRESENTATION A LOT MORE COLORFUL.

AND ALSO A LOT MORE INTERESTING THAN JUST TALKING ABOUT NUMBERS.

YOU SEE THE IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS THAT OUR BUDGET DOES FOR OUR KIDS.

I'VE SAID THIS SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE. THE GOAL OF A BUDGET IS TO SEE THOSE KIDS WALK ACROSS THE STAGE AND GRADUATE AND KNOW THAT THEY ARE THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINED AND THEY THEY HAVE MET AND THEY HAVE DONE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE FOR THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR, THEIR NEXT STEP IN LIFE. AND SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS BUDGET, IT'S NOT WHERE WE WANT IT.

I ALSO INCLUDED HOUSE BILL TWO INFORMATION IN THIS.

THIS WILL CHANGE AS WE WORK THROUGH HOUSE BILL TWO.

THERE'S STILL A LOT OF CLARIFICATION THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON HOUSE BILL TWO.

IT'S WE'RE HOPING THAT WE GET SOME INFORMATION AT THE END OF THIS WEEK.

A LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS HOW THE TEACHER RETENTION WILL BE PAID OUT. WILL IT BE A STIPEND WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY TRACK THAT, OR WILL IT BE ADDED TO OUR SALARY SCHEDULES? THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT'S GOING TO BE DISCUSSED.

HOPEFULLY THIS BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. ALSO VALUES IS ANOTHER THING THAT THEY ARE DISCUSSING BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT BECAUSE THERE IS ANOTHER BILL OUT THERE THAT INCREASES HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS.

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NOW IT WILL TAKE VOTERS TO GO OUT AND VOTE FOR THAT.

BUT AS I'VE HEARD IT SAID, THAT VEGAS WON'T EVEN PUT THIS ON A BETTING DEAL BECAUSE IT HAS NEVER NOT PASSED.

SO WE KNOW THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN BECAUSE IT WILL INCREASE TO 140,000.

THERE'S ALSO ADDITIONAL INCREASES FOR 65 AND OLDER AND DISABLED HOMESTEAD.

SO THE OTHER THING WITH VALUES IS HOW DO THEY COMPARE THE VALUES.

SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE $100,000 EXEMPTION NEXT YEAR OR FOR THIS NEXT BUDGET YEAR, 140.

SO WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS WHAT WAS OUR CERTIFIED VALUES IN JULY 25TH, 2024 WITH A $100,000 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. REMEMBER, IT WENT FROM 40 THAT LAST YEAR TO OR TO 140, I MEAN, TO 100. EXCUSE ME. I'M GONNA GET ALL THESE NUMBERS MIXED UP, BUT MOVING TO 140,000 EXEMPTION, THEY'RE COMPARING WHAT OUR VALUES WERE IN JULY OF 24 TO WHAT THEY WILL BE JULY OF 25 WITH 140 EXEMPTION. SO IT'S NOT REALLY APPLES TO APPLES WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT VALUE CHANGE.

AND I BRING THIS UP FOR ONE REASON, BECAUSE IN, IN THESE BILLS OR IN OUR CURRENT SYSTEM IF VALUES INCREASE, THAT MEANS OUR TAX RATE WILL COMPRESS DOWN IF OUR VALUES GO OVER $2.5 MILLION INCREASE.

THAT MEANS THAT OUR TAX RATE WILL AUTOMATICALLY COMPRESS DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION.

SO WHEN YOU COMPARE THOSE TWO, IT WILL CHANGE THE TYPE OF COMPRESSION THAT WE'LL HAVE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD, TEA AND THE COMPTROLLER RIGHT NOW ARE ARGUING OVER.

HOW DOES THIS HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK? HOW WILL THE COMPRESSION WORK? AND SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON GETTING THAT INFORMATION.

SO THAT'S WHY I SAID THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU TODAY IN THIS BUDGET WORKSHOP THAT I HOPE IS CLEARED UP BY THE TIME WE APPROVE OUR BUDGET ON JUNE 24TH IN A REGULAR BOARD MEETING. BUT SO I'LL GET INTO IT.

GREAT PICTURE. OUR PROJECTED ENROLLMENT. YOU'VE SEEN THIS QUITE A FEW TIMES.

OUR PROJECTED ENROLLMENT AT 50,310. AND THEN OUR PROJECTED ADA OF 45822.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BUILDING THIS BUDGET OFF OF.

OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS HOW THIS BILL DOES NOT MEET WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR DISTRICT. THE FUNDING IS NOT GOING TO BE THERE.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH IS, IS LOOKING AT PROP A.

AND SO THAT IS A TAX RATE ELECTION. WE'VE HAD A STEERING COMMITTEE THAT IS WORKING ON THAT.

AND SO RIGHT NOW I'M TAKING A NORMAL COMPRESSION OF WE WERE AT A TAX RATE OF 6.669 OUR CURRENT YEAR.

OUR ESTIMATED COMPRESSION UNDER CURRENT LAW. SO THIS CURRENT LAW, BECAUSE I CAN'T REALLY FIGURE WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE UNTIL I GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON HOW THE VALUES WILL BE USED TO DO THE COMPRESSION.

SO AND THEN I'M ADDING THE MAX AMOUNT. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

BUT I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT IF THE STEERING COMMITTEE COMES BACK WITH INCREASING 12 PENNIES, WHAT THAT WOULD DO AND WHERE THAT IS, AND IT WOULD BE A 1 0.53 CENT INCREASE FROM OUR CURRENT TAX RATE. AND YOU'VE SEEN THIS GRAPH BEFORE AND MAINLY LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, IN 2022-23, WE WERE AT $1.1725. THIS WOULD PUT US IF EVERYTHING STAYS THE SAME ON THE TAX RATE WOULD BE $1.1562. OUR I&S RATE WILL STAY THE

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WE TALKED ABOUT OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE COMPETITION THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THIS AREA, WHICH IT DOESN'T MATTER REALLY, WHERE YOU LIVE. THERE'S, PEOPLE WILL TRAVEL NO MATTER WHERE WHAT WHERE THEY LIVE TO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY OFFER.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT IS OUR STUDENT PROGRAMS. WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES HERE IN GARLAND THAT LOVE OUR STUDENT PROGRAMS, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THEY'RE HERE IN GARLAND.

BUT YOU SEE THAT THERE'S THREE DISTRICTS AT THE BOTTOM THAT HAS NOT APPROVED OF PROP A OR A TAX RATE ELECTION.

THAT'S GARLAND, ROCKWALL AND DENTON. I KNOW ROCKWALL IS NOW LOOKING AT A TAX RATE ELECTION FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.

BUT YOU SEE THE OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND US THAT HAVE PASSED A TAX RATE ELECTION.

AND SO THOSE THAT JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT OUT OF WHERE WHO WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST FOR OUR STAFF AND, AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO BECAUSE THEY HAVE PASSED A VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE ELECTION.

THIS IS STILL AN ESTIMATE ON OUR PROPERTY VALUES.

THIS IS WHERE WE GOT A NEW PROPERTY VALUE ESTIMATE IN MIDDLE OF MAY.

AND SO THIS IS THE TAXABLE VALUE. SO THE TAXABLE VALUE RIGHT NOW IT SAYS APRIL, BUT WE DID GET A NEW ONE AND IT VERIFIED THIS AMOUNT IS THAT $37 BILLION.

AND LOOKS LIKE WE NEED EXTEND THAT BOX OUT, BUT THAT'S $37 BILLION, NOT $37 MILLION.

BUT THAT'S WHERE OUR TAXABLE AMOUNT IS. OUR OUR TOTAL VALUES ARE SOMEWHERE AROUND 49 BILLION.

SO THE EXEMPTIONS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST LOWER THAT TO THE TAXABLE AMOUNT OF 37 BILLION.

SO OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR OUR NEXT YEAR 25-26.

YOU SEE WHAT OUR ADOPTED BUDGET WAS IN THE CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'RE IN 2024-25.

OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 25-26 DOES INCLUDE ALL THE HB NUMBERS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

AND SO STILL NEED SOME CLARIFICATION. SO THIS IS A CHANGE FROM LAST MONTH WHEN WE WERE JUST PRESENTING ON CURRENT LAW.

AND SO AS WE GO THROUGH THERE YOU'LL SEE THE INCREASE IN STATE REVENUE.

THE INCREASE IN LOCAL REVENUE IS DUE TO THE VALUES GOING UP WHICH THAT CAN CHANGE WHEN WE FIGURE ON HOW THEY'RE GOING TO WORK. THE $140,000 HOMESTEAD IN HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

BUT YOU ALSO SEE THAT OUR PAYROLL COSTS ARE INCREASED, AND THAT'S DUE TO THE TEACHER RETENTION THAT IS BUILT IN HOUSE BILL TWO.

AND SO THAT THAT INCREASES OU R TEACHER RETENTION AND OUR SUPPORT STAFF SALARY INCREASES.

THEN WE STILL HAVE SOME PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTED SERVICES.

BUT YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE PASSED LAST YEAR IN TOTAL EXPENDITURES WAS 600 MILLION.

AND WITH THE CHANGES, INCLUDING HOUSE BILL TWO, THAT BUMPS IT UP TO 635 MILLION.

BUT THE DEFICIT IS STILL AT RIGHT AT $55 MILLION.

SO $55.9 MILLION. WENT AHEAD, INCLUDED FUNCTION TO THIS IS THE SAME THING YOU JUST SAW.

IT'S JUST BROKE OUT BY FUNCTION. AND THE REASON I DO THIS IS BECAUSE AS A BOARD YOU HAVE TO APPROVE A BUDGET BY FUND AND FUNCTION.

SO I WANTED TO BREAK OUT WHAT THE FUNDING FUNCTION WOULD LOOK LIKE.

KNOWING THAT THAT IS THE EXACT SAME THING AS WE JUST WENT OVER AND IT STILL SAYS DRAFT HB TWO,

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OUR PROPOSED STUDENT NUTRITION THERE'S ONLY ONE FUNCTION IN STUDENT NUTRITION.

IT'S FUNCTION 35. SO YOU SEE THERE PROPOSED BUDGET IS AT 39.9 MILLION WITH EXPENDITURES OF 44 MILLION. THIS IS A DEFICIT BUDGET, BUT IT IS A PLANNED DEFICIT BUDGET.

YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO CARRY SO MUCH FUND BALANCE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THROUGH ALL THE COVID YEARS AND EVERYTHING.

SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE, THEIR FUND BALANCE INCREASED IN STUDENT NUTRITION BECAUSE ALL THE THE MONEY WE GET BACK FROM THE STATE AND THE FEDS GREW. SO WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THAT FUND BALANCE TO GET IT BACK INTO WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT EXPENDITURE IS HIGHER. AND THEN OUR DEBT SERVICE BUDGET WE HAVE OUR LOCAL AND STATE REVENUE. WE DO GET A SMALL FEDERAL BECAUSE THERE'S A SMALL PART OF OUR BONDS THAT HAVE A FEDERAL TIE TO IT THAT IS A BALANCED BUDGET. I WISHED ALL OF THEM WERE BALANCED, BUT RIGHT NOW THIS IS THE BALANCED BUDGET OF 148,758,733 NOW, THE TAX RATE THAT IS TIED TO MAKE THIS PAYMENT, THAT IS THE ONLY THING WE CAN SPEND THAT TAX RATE, THAT I&S RATE IS ONLY TO MAKE THESE PAYMENTS THAT ON VOTER APPROVED BONDS.

SO THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE, WE'VE GONE OVER WHAT OUR TEACHER AND SUPPORT STAFF WILL BE.

AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON HOW THAT WILL BE DONE.

THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT VIEWS FROM TEA TO TASB AND THE LEGISLATURES ON HOW THEY WANTED THIS SPENT AND USED. SO WE WILL GET CLARIFICATION HOPEFULLY REAL SOON.

OUR NEXT STEPS WE WILL PUBLISH OUR BUDGET OUR NOTICE FOR BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.

ON THE 13TH. THAT WILL BE IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS.

AND THEN IT WILL ALSO BE ON OUR WEBSITE JUNE 24TH, 2025.

WE WILL BRING IN OUR FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR 24-25, AND THEN WE WILL BRING IN OUR FINAL PROPOSED BUDGET FOR APPROVAL FOR THE GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE AND STUDENT NUTRITION. WE'LL HAVE OUR COMPENSATION MANUAL HOPEFULLY AS WE WORK THROUGH THAT WITH TASB AND TEA.

AND THEN THE STEERING COMMITTEE WILL HAVE THEIR PRESENTATION ON THEIR PROPOSED PROP A ON JULY 24TH.

THIS IS JUST FOR YOUR, WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING THAT DAY, BUT THAT IS WE WILL GET OUR CERTIFIED APPRAISALS CERTIFIED VALUES FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT ON JULY 24TH.

AND THEN AUGUST 12TH, WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING TO SET OUR TAX RATE.

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION BUT, AND YOU MAY, I SAW Y'ALL FURIOUSLY WRITING THROUGH HERE. AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ANY, THREE OF US WILL TAKE THEM NOW.

THANK YOU, MR. DODD AND MR. ADAMS AND MISS PERALES FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU PUT IN A LOT OF HOURS MAKING THIS COME TOGETHER.

AND I KNOW THAT THE BOARD DOES HAVE QUESTIONS, AND I APPRECIATE THE BOARD BEING PATIENT WITH THEIR QUESTIONS.

AND SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS JUST KIND OF GO AROUND THE HORSESHOE HERE, I GUESS, AND LET EACH PERSON ASK THE QUESTIONS.

AND YOUR QUESTIONS MAY BE ANSWERED AS IT GOES AROUND THE HORSESHOE.

BUT I'M GOING TO START WITH MR. SELDERS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION ON YOUR, I GUESS, PAGE 55 AND THEN THE FIRST SLIDE, YOU MENTIONED THAT, SO 5 AND 6, 55 AND 6. I'M SORRY. SO WHEN YOU DID THE BUDGET BREAKDOWN FOR WHEN YOU

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AND THEN WE'RE ENDING WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 25-26, WHERE THE PAYROLL COSTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WHY IS THAT? A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT'S BUILT IN HOUSE BILL TWO WITH THE REQUIRED TEACHER.

AND WE'RE ALSO DOING THE STEP RAISE FOR TEACHERS ALSO.

SO THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN OUR AMOUNT THAT WE GET FROM THE STATE, BUT PUT A HALT TO THAT MESSES UP THE WHOLE SYSTEM, ESSENTIALLY.

BUT THAT IS SO IT WILL INCREASE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE THREE AND FOUR YEAR EXPERIENCED TEACHERS WILL GET 2500 AND THE FIVE PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WILL GET 5000. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES A LOT BIGGER RAISE THAN WE'VE GIVEN BEFORE.

AND SO THAT'S WHY IT PUTS A LITTLE MORE INTO PAYROLL.

THAT'S FOR THE EXCUSE ME. THAT'S FOR THE TEACHERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY HOUSE BILL TWO.

BUT WHAT ABOUT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE IF WE BECAUSE THIS NUMBER DOESN'T INCLUDE TOTAL RAISES RIGHT.

SO IT DOES WE GET ABOUT FOR THE SUPPORT STAFF WHICH CAN INCLUDE THE 0 TO 2 TEACHERS EXPERIENCED TEACHERS, WHICH INCLUDES COUNSELORS, LIBRARIANS, NURSES, ALL OF OUR SUPPORT STAFF.

NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS HOUSE BILL TWO SAID WAS NO ADMIN CAN BE TAKEN OUT NO SALARY INCREASES CAN BE ADMIN USING THEIR FUNDING.

SO THIS DOES INCLUDE ALSO SUPPORT STAFF, YOUR AIDES.

AND LIKE I SAID, THE COUNSELORS, LIBRARIANS AND NURSES YOUR MAINTENANCE STAFF, YOUR CUSTODIAL, IT DOES, BUT IT WE'RE ONLY GETTING ABOUT 1.75, 2 MILLION FOR THAT.

SO THE 40, THE 14.4 MILLION IS WHAT INCLUDES ALL OF THAT.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO ADJUST A LITTLE MORE BECAUSE WE HAVE A FEW MORE TEACHERS THAN WHAT THEY ALLOTTED IN THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT.

WE ONLY PUT IN WHAT THAT, THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE MORE ACCURATE BECAUSE WE USED HOW MANY TEACHERS WE ACTUALLY HAVE IN THAT 3 TO 4 AND PLUS 5 OR 5 PLUS. SO THAT WILL, THAT WILL PROBABLY ADJUST A LITTLE HIGHER THAN WHAT IT WAS SHOWING THAT OUR ESTIMATE WAS FOR HOUSE BILL TWO. I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING, AND I KNOW IT'S YOU KNOW BUT IT DOES INCLUDE THAT 14 BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES SOME OTHER THINGS. OKAY. SO MAYBE THIS WILL BE HELPFUL.

BREAK IT DOWN TO ME THIS WAY. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE WOULD BE FOR THE TEACHERS AS COVERED FOR HOUSE BILL TWO IN ADDITION TO. YOU'RE GOING TO ASK THAT AND I KNEW I NEEDED TO HAVE THAT FIGURED IN MY HEAD.

I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE OVER 4%, BUT LET ME BUT I CAN GET THAT.

4% ACROSS THE BOARD. WELL, FOR THE FIVE PLUS TEACHERS.

OKAY. AND COULD YOU BREAK IT DOWN FOR ME IN TERMS OF HOW WE'VE TRADITIONALLY OR HISTORICALLY PROVIDED RAISED PERCENTAGES? MOST TIME OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. WE'VE DONE LIKE A LAST YEAR, WE DID A 3% RAISE FOR ALL CAMPUS EMPLOYEES. AND THEN WE DID A 2% RAISE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR. I BELIEVE ONE YEAR THERE WAS SOME TARGETED RAISES WHERE SOME GOT 5%, SOME FOR 3, THAT TYPE OF DEAL. BUT NORMALLY FOR TEACHERS OR FOR TEACHERS, YOU GET TO STEP RAISE PLUS WHATEVER THAT PERCENT IS, WHICH INCREASES THAT AMOUNT. YOU ALSO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND TOO, THIS 24 ADDS TO OUR ON BEHALF, WHICH IS ON BEHALF IS LIKE YOU GET REVENUE THE SAME AMOUNT THAT YOU GET THE INCREASE TO THE ON BEHALF SO THAT ALSO IS WHY THIS IS 24 AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT 14 THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT AT THE HOUSE.

BILL TWO CHANGES. I KNOW THAT DOESN'T EXPLAIN EVERYTHING, BUT SO IT'S AN ACCOUNTING MEASURE THAT THE STATE DOES. WHATEVER OUR ON BEHALF IS WE IT WILL INCREASE AS, AS SALARIES GO UP.

BUT WE ALSO RECEIVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE.

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BUT IT DOES INCREASE OUR BUDGET. IT ALSO INCREASES OUR BUDGET BECAUSE THE RAISES WE NOW HAVE ADDITIONAL TRS AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE TO COVER THAT IS COVERED IN THAT ABC ALLOTMENT THAT WILL BE TIED INTO PAYROLL BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT'S PAID OUT THE BENEFITS PART OF IT. AM I GOING ANYWHERE WHERE YOU'RE WANTING TO GO? NO, BECAUSE I ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT THE PERCENTAGES AND THEN YOU REFERENCED PERCENTAGES LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE.

WHAT WOULD BE THE PERCENTAGES THIS YEAR? I THINK THE CONFUSING PART IS THIS.

WE'RE NOT DOING A UNIVERSAL RAISE. ACCORDING TO HOUSE BILL TWO THERE'S NO RECOMMENDATION FOR UNIVERSAL RAISE AT ALL.

SO HOUSE BILL TWO, WE HAVE TO BREAK DOWN WHAT THAT ONE POINT, WHATEVER MILLION IS.

WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT EMPLOYEES AND SO MANY DIFFERENT TIERS, WE DON'T HAVE THAT PERCENTAGE YET.

ALSO, YOU'RE LOOKING AT TWO FACTORS OF HOUSE BILL TWO.

SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FROM A 3 TO 5 YEAR RANGE, A TEACHER GETS 2500 AS OPPOSED TO A FIVE PLUS TEACHER THAT GETS 5000, RIGHT? SO THEN WE GOT TO SEE WHAT THOSE TWO ARE GOING TO HAVE TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES AND THEN WE GOT TO SEE HOW WE CAN HAVE IT PAID OUT, RIGHT, DOES IT GO ON OVERALL EVERYTHING ELSE.

THE ONLY THING THAT THAT IS GUARANTEED FOR EVERY TEACHER IS THE STEP.

THE STEP HASN'T BEEN FROZEN. SO IN, THE ONLY PAY SCALES ON TEACHERS IS EVERY YEAR THEY GET A SMALL LITTLE STEP.

IT'S AN INCREMENTAL STEP. RIGHT. SO THAT'S STILL BEING FACTORED INTO THE PAYROLL.

SO WHEN YOU PUT ALL OF THAT MONEY IN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE.

BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING MORE MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE TO OUR EMPLOYEES.

FROM THE STATE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A FLOW THROUGH.

AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF THE OF THE SALARY.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET AN ACTUAL PERCENTAGE, BUT THE WAY THE STATE LOOKS AT IT, THEY DON'T WANT US TO GIVE A PERCENTAGE.

THEY WANT US TO GIVE A CLEAR 5000 FOR THESE, A CLEAR 2500 FOR THESE.

AND THEN WE COULD FIGURE OUT THE ONE POINT, WHATEVER MILLION FOR ALL THE REST.

I GUESS WHERE I WAS GOING IN MY CONFUSION WAS, I MEAN, YOU TALKED ABOUT HB TWO AND THE RAISES AND THE CONFUSION THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED.

HISTORICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD GO THROUGH BUDGET AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL DO RAISES, RIGHT.

AND IT WOULD LOOK DIFFERENT. RIGHT. AND IT WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO THE BUDGET THAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT. AND SO I GUESS MY QUESTION WAS ARE WE SAYING THAT THIS 83.7% PAYROLL COST, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT IT TODAY, IS THAT IT? OR WILL THERE BE BE AN ADDITIONAL ASK FOR RAISE OVER AND ABOVE THE AMOUNT THAT'S CONTAINED IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU SHARED? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THIS YEAR WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY RAISES OUTSIDE OF HOUSE BILL TWO.

OKAY. NEXT QUESTION. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL PLANNING TIME BEING CUT.

WHAT IMPACT IS THAT GOING TO HAVE ON THE OVERALL, YOU KNOW, ABILITY TO DELIVER A QUALITY PRODUCT FOR OUR DISTRICT? I WILL YIELD THE FLOOR FOR JUST A MINUTE ON THAT QUESTION.

SO FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, IT'S ONLY BEEN TWO THREE YEARS SINCE WE ADDED THE ADDITIONAL PLANNING TIME, THEY, IT'LL BE AN EASY TRANSITION FOR HIGH SCHOOLS.

IT WILL BE A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT, BUT WE'RE PUTTING SYSTEMS IN PLACE SO THAT THEY CAN PLAN, AND CURRENTLY THEY HAVE THAT TIME TO MEET WITH OTHER TEACHERS THAT TEACH THE SAME SUBJECT.

AND LIKE I SAID, THEY COME UP WITH ENGAGING LESSONS AND PLAN, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE OUTSIDE OF THEIR SCHOOL DAY.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL PLANNING TIME TO GET CREATIVE, BECAUSE THERE'S WAYS TO GET CREATIVE TO PROVIDE THAT FOR TEACHERS.

OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MR. GLICK, THANK YOU SIR.

I THINK IT WAS THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE THAT DID A REALLY INTERESTING STUDY OF THE AMOUNTS THAT EVERY DISTRICT WAS GOING TO BE RECEIVING.

AND THEY DID BOTH YEARS, AND SO THE NUMBER I REMEMBER FOR US FOR YEAR TWO WAS 30 MILLION PLUS. IF YOU KNOW, IS THAT STILL THE NUMBER OF THE INCREASE FROM 20 TO 26 THIS YEAR TO OVER 30 MILLION NEXT YEAR? IT'S CLOSE BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE ADDITIONAL TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT COMES IN, AND IT'S ROUGHLY ESTIMATED AT A LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION.

OKAY. AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD ABOUT THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT THIS YEAR, WE HAD GIVE OR TAKE AROUND 600 TEACHERS WHO

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I HEARD, THE NUMBER WAS GOING TO GO UP FROM 33 TO POSSIBLY 50%, EVEN THOUGH MOST DISTRICTS DON'T GET CLOSE TO THAT.

WAS THAT INCLUDED IN THE LANGUAGE, AS FAR AS YOU KNOW? I WANT TO SAY THERE IS AN IMAGINARY CAP IN THERE, BUT I DIDN'T READ THAT PART OF THE BILL, SO I CAN'T JUST TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THAT SAYS, ONLY THAT WHAT THEY'RE ESTIMATING TO US FOR THE YEAR 26-27.

AND IT ALSO WAS UNCLEAR, BESIDES INCREASING THE PERCENTAGE NUMBER OF TEACHERS WHO COULD QUALIFY, WAS THE AMOUNT ALSO INCREASED BY SCHOOL, BY CATEGORY OF SCHOOL IN THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT? I BELIEVE SO, YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN THE OTHER, JUST A QUICK SO, I THINK PEOPLE MIGHT GET CONFUSED ON PAGE PAGES EIGHT AND NINE WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT FUND BALANCE.

AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE $62 MILLION DECREASE.

I THINK WE NEED TO MAYBE CHANGE THE NUMBER. THAT'S FOR 23-24 BACK TO AROUND THE 220 MILLION NUMBER THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN OTHER BOARD MEETINGS. SO THE 220 PLUS MINUS THE 62 GETS RIGHT AROUND THE 161.

YEAH. AND SO WE DIDN'T DO IT ON THAT BECAUSE OUR AUDIT SAYS THIS.

WE FOUND AN ACCOUNTING WHERE WE OVER THE YEARS, THERE'S BEEN A SMALL AMOUNT EACH YEAR THAT WAS NOT UPDATED IN OUR REVENUE. AND SO WE DID ADD THAT AMOUNT IN THE ESTIMATE.

WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BROKE THAT OUT. MISS CORDOVA WANTED TO DO THAT.

I SAID, WELL, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, IT'S ROUGHLY AROUND $15 MILLION THAT THE ADJUSTMENT.

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE EARLIER BOARD MEETING, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU BREAKING THAT OR BRINGING THAT BACK UP BECAUSE IT IS CONFUSING.

WHEN I WAS READING THROUGH IT, I GO, OH, THEY'RE GOING TO FACT CHECK ME ON THAT.

AND IT DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT. BUT THERE WAS AN ACCOUNTING CHANGE AFTER OUR AUDIT. AND SO WE COULD GO BACK AND ADD IT TO THE 23-24.

BUT IT REALLY WILL BE ADDED THIS CURRENT YEAR BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN IT WAS FOUND.

YEAH. SO IF YOU'RE AGAIN WATCHING ON TELEVISION, THE LET'S SAY ARTIFICIAL NUMBER FOR 23-24 IS REALLY SOMEWHERE AROUND 223 MILLION. CORRECT. IS THAT FAIR? OKAY. THANK YOU SIR.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MISTER? ARE YOU OKAY, MR. MILLER? YEAH. THANK YOU. AND I HAD THE. I HAD THE SAME NOTES, LARRY, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT THE REAL BEGINNING BALANCE OF OUR ENDING BALANCE, I SAY, OF 23-24 WAS 223 MILLION, NOT 208.

AND THAT'S HOW THE MATH WORKS OUT. SO I HAD THOSE SAME NOTES AS WELL.

SO MR. DODD ON THIS TEACHER RETENTION AND I'M ON PAGE 14 JUST SO EVERYBODY CAN KEEP UP.

THAT'S NOT MY 14. YOU'RE PROBABLY BACK HERE. RIGHT THERE.

YEAH. RIGHT THERE. I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. YEAH, I SEE IT NOW.

SLIDE TEN. OF THIS $14 MILLION THAT IS GOING TO TEACHER SUPPORT AND TEACHER RETENTION THE $14 MILLION RAISES THE 5000 FOR FIVE YEARS. AND OVER ALL THAT STUFF, DOES THAT OR DOES THAT NOT INCLUDE MONIES FOR TRS AND OTHER BENEFIT COSTS THAT WILL RISE AS A RESULT OF THOSE RAISES. NO, NO IT DOESN'T THAT BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS OF THE CREATION OF THE ALLOTMENT FOR BASIC COSTS. OKAY. SO THE NEXT ITEM, THE ABC, THE 5 MILLION 4 WILL HELP US RECOUP OUR SPEND, HAVE THAT EXTRA MONEY TO SPEND FOR THE BENEFITS TRS, ETC.

THAT GOES ALONG WITH. THE EMPLOYER PART. YES, THE EMPLOYEE PART.

AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING LEFT OVER IT CAN BE USED.

I THINK YOU SAID FOR MAYBE UTILITIES OR TRANSPORTATION OR WHATEVER ELSE.

RIGHT. WHATEVER PENNIES ARE LEFT. IT JUST CAN'T.

IT CAN BE USED FOR TRS OR BENEFIT THAT IS DONE, BUT IT CANNOT BE USED FOR SALARIES.

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CORRECT? CORRECT. SO MAYBE SOON WE CAN, IF IT STAYS LIKE IT IS.

I JUST WONDER OF THAT. 5 MILLION. FOR HOW MUCH OF IT WILL WE HAVE? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND IT ON THE BENEFIT INCREASES.

CORRECT. THAT WON'T BE AN ELECTIVE. SO WE DON'T HAVE AN ELECTION THERE.

HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND SOME OF THAT MONEY. BECAUSE IT'LL BE TIED TO THE 14 MILLION UP ABOVE.

I JUST WONDER HOW MUCH IS LEFT OVER FOR ANY DISCRETION, IF YOU WILL, IF ANY.

SO THAT WOULD BE ONE QUESTION. AND THEN THE BOTTOM NUMBER I THINK I GET THE 2 MILLION IS PRETTY MUCH UP TO US ON HOW WE SPEND.

IT HELPS US OFFSET SOME OF THE AIR BALLS THAT I THINK STAFF WENT OVER.

MR. ADAMS WENT OVER MISS PERALES, BACK IN HOW WE'RE FUNDING VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.

CORRECT. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN PAYING ALL THIS OUT OF.

BUT YOU REMEMBER, 83% OF THAT GOES TO SALARIES, SO.

OKAY, GIVE ME ONE SECOND. LET ME, I HAVE SOME OTHER NOTES HERE SOMEWHERE.

OKAY. ON SLIDE 31. I THINK YOU MENTIONED A NUMBER, YOU SAID THAT OR MAYBE THIS WAS IDA THAT MENTIONED THAT SPECIAL ED PROGRAM GREW 700, APPROXIMATELY 700 STUDENTS LAST YEAR.

OKAY. DO WE HAVE THE SAME EXPECTATION FOR THE COMING YEAR? YOU PROBABLY. YEAH, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO THE MIC. I HAVE DOCTOR RAMOS HERE IN CASE WE HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

BUT I WILL SAY, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE'S ABOUT 400 STUDENTS THAT WERE REFERRED AND STILL WAITING FOR EVALUATION.

SO HERE'S A THOUGHT I HAVE. IT'S JUST I DON'T KNOW HOW WE ANSWER, NO ANSWER.

PROBABLY. BUT IF WE'RE ALSO IN ONE OF THOSE LIGHT ITEMS GOING TO HAVE A MILLION, FOUR OR WHATEVER IS ALLOCATED FOR FIRST TIME EVALUATIONS OF STUDENTS, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO ME THAT WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE MORE STUDENTS ADDED TO SPECIAL ED PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF THE RIGOR, THE INCREASED RIGOR, IF YOU WILL, OF TESTING FOR THOSE KIDS.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE PLANNING ON? WELL, I DON'T THINK THE RIGOR DETERMINES INCREASES STUDENT DISABILITY.

SO IF THAT'S YOUR QUESTION, BUT WE ARE. LET ME REPHRASE.

OKAY. LET ME REPHRASE. BACK WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD, AND I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'M GENERALLY CORRECT. LET'S SAY THE STATE AVERAGE FOR DYSLEXIA WAS 16%, AND WE GARLAND WAS AT 7%.

WE WEREN'T DOING A GOOD ENOUGH JOB OF DIAGNOSING EXAMINING AND DIAGNOSING THOSE KIDS.

AND SINCE THEN, OUR DYSLEXIA PROGRAM HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY, AS WE HAVE FOUND WE WERE UNDER DIAGNOSING SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS. AND SO IF I EXTRAPOLATED THAT TO THIS NEW PROGRAM, I WAS JUST ASSUMING WE WOULD HAVE THE SAME KIND OF GROWTH IN SPED.

IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE, THAT'S FINE. I JUST WAS WONDERING WHAT YOUR EXPECTATION WOULD BE ALONG THAT LINE.

WE ARE FORESEEING WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST, I WOULD SAY 20 YEARS.

WE'VE DOUBLED THE AMOUNT OF SPECIAL ED STUDENTS.

AND SO WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE THAT COULD BE THAT WE ARE DOING A BETTER JOB OF IDENTIFYING STUDENTS OR, YOU KNOW, JUST STUDENTS ARE COMING WITH MORE DISABILITIES.

AND WITH RESPECT TO SPECIAL ED STUDENTS, IF YOU BROKE IT DOWN TO PER STUDENT COST VERSUS REIMBURSEMENT, HOW BIG IS THAT AIRBALL PER STUDENT. NOT PER STUDENT, BUT WE HAVE THE OVERALL.

I MEAN, WE HAVE THE OVERALL. THE OVERALL. YEAH, WE HAVE THE OVERALL. I'M JUST THINKING IF WE ADDED 500 STUDENTS, HOW MUCH MORE WILL THAT BE ADDED TO THE DEFICIT SINCE IT'S NOT FULLY FUNDED.

AND THAT'S A NUMBER WE CAN GET TO LATER IF WE DON'T.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. UNLESS DOCTOR RAMOS, DO YOU KNOW THAT? YEAH, BECAUSE THAT TO ME WOULD AFFECT ACTUALS AS WE GO THROUGH NEXT YEAR. GOOD EVENING. SO A PER STUDENT WOULD BE HARD TO CALCULATE BECAUSE EVERY STUDENT HAS A DIFFERENT NEED.

SO IF YOU HAVE A STUDENT THAT JUST NEEDS INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES FOR DYSLEXIA, THAT WOULD LOOK VERY DIFFERENT THAN A STUDENT WHO, FOR EXAMPLE, NEEDED ASSISTANCE WITH FEEDING AND TOILETING AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY.

AND SO THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF THE STUDENT DETERMINES THE COST THAT WE INCUR TO EDUCATE THE STUDENT.

SO TO GET AN AVERAGE. BUT I WAS JUST KIND OF THINKING ON AVERAGE JUST ON AVERAGE.

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AND IF AND IF THAT'S CORRECT, THEN THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I EXPECTED.

IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT ANOTHER MILLION FIVE INTO EVALUATING KIDS.

I JUST THINK NATURALLY THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOME GROWTH THERE. SO I'LL BE WONDERING, AS WE GO THROUGH OUR ACTUAL BUDGET VERSUS OUR PROPOSED BUDGET, HOW THOSE NUMBERS ALIGN, I'LL WANT TO KEEP UP WITH THAT, IF YOU DON'T MIND. AND I DON'T WANT TO DRAG US DOWN, BUT .

AND IF YOU LIKE, I CAN ALSO ADDRESS WE HAVE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, AND WE ARE UP TO ABOUT 14% STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.

AND YOU'RE CORRECT, WE HAD WHAT WE CALL IT CAP, BUT THAT TO MAYBE DOESN'T REALLY THINK THEY HAD A CAP.

HOWEVER, AT THAT TIME IT WAS ABOUT 8% AND NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 14%.

AND YOU SEE THAT STATEWIDE. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE JUST GETTING BETTER AT IDENTIFYING ADDITIONAL STUDENTS WHO HAVE DISABILITIES.

OKAY. AND THAT'S GOOD. I MEAN THAT'S TO ME THAT'S ALL POSITIVE.

WE JUST GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PAY FOR IT, RIGHT? YES, SIR.

SO IN SAFETY AND SECURITY ON SLIDE 42. SO THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING WE'RE GETTING, THE ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT WE HAVE. IS THAT, IS THIS 9 MILLION, $10 MILLION GAP ABOUT EQUAL TO WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR, MR. DODD? YES. SO THAT KIND OF STAYS THE SAME BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING SOME EXTRA FUNDING IN SAFETY.

AND WE'RE FULLY DOING WHAT THE LAW REQUIRED AND HAVING AN ARMED PERSON AT EACH CAMPUS, WHICH THERE ARE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE NOT. BUT WE FEEL LIKE THAT SECURITY IS A HUGE THING FOR OUR MAKING SURE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF FEEL SAFE.

AND SO OUR PROGRAM YOU KNOW, WITH MARK QUINN, HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT OUR FACILITIES ARE SAFE. GREAT. AND I'M VERY PROUD OF ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE ON SAFETY AND SECURITY.

I THINK WE'RE HOPEFULLY CONSIDERED AT THE FOREFRONT WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.

LET ME GO TO SLIDE 46. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

IT'S CURRENTLY AT 100, BUT IT'S GOING TO 140.

AND THEN FOR THOSE 65 AND ABOVE, I THINK IT'S BEEN PROPOSED AT 200,000.

IS THAT WHAT YOU READ? IS THAT RIGHT? YES. YES IT IS.

AND DISABLED. OKAY. AND DISABLED. SO THERE WILL BE A RUN THAT COMES OUT SOONER OR LATER.

THAT KIND OF GIVES US THE ESTIMATION ON THE APPRAISED VALUE, THE TAXABLE VALUES, IF YOU WILL, THAT $29 BILLION OR WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS, I'LL GET TO IT IN JUST A SECOND.

37 BILLION RIGHT NOW IS WHAT OUR ESTIMATED VALUES ARE AT TAXABLE VALUES.

GREAT. AND THEN I WANTED TO GO TO SLIDE 50 WHERE YOU TALKED ABOUT.

THIS THE TEN 10.53 I GUESS. AND THAT'S AFTER COMPRESSION.

YES. SO THAT'S THE CURRENT LAW COMPRESSION. THERE IS STILL FIGURING OUT WHAT WAS MEANT BY HOUSE BILL TWO AND ANY ADDITIONAL COMPRESSION OR BECAUSE THE FLOOR, THERE'S A FLOOR AND A CEILING ON COMPRESSION AND IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOUR VALUES ARE, IS WHERE YOU ARE CURRENTLY. UNDER CURRENT LAW, WE'RE AT THE FLOOR, SO WE'RE.

BUT FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, THAT FLOOR MOVES DOWN.

AND SO OUR TAX RATE COULD DECREASE DEPENDING ON HOW THEY DO THE COMPRESSION AND HOW THEY DO THE VALUE INCREASE. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO SHOW WHAT RIGHT NOW, CURRENT LAW, THE MAX THAT COULD BE PROPOSED. OKAY, GREAT. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

ON ON SLIDE 52, THIS IS A QUESTION YOU PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO ANSWER.

BUT AS I LOOK AT THE CITIES THAT ARE WAY UP ABOVE US IN THEIR TAX RATE I'M ASSUMING THAT AT SOME POINT THESE CITIES MAXED OUT THEIR 12 PENNIES.

EXPLAIN TO ME THEN HOW, AS COMPRESSION HAPPENS, DO THEY REGAIN SOME PENNIES WHEN COMPRESSION HAPPENS? SO THE MOST OF THEM HAD GONE OUT FOR THE 12, BUT IT DEPENDS ON WHEN THEY WENT OUT.

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SO IF THEY WENT OUT FOR THE FULL 12 THAT THEY COULD GO OUT FOR, THEY MAY ONLY BE ABLE TO DO NINE PENNIES NOW INSTEAD OF THE FULL 12 BECAUSE OF COMPRESSION WILL COMPRESS THOSE BACK END PENNIES ALSO.

AND SO YOU HAVE SOME THAT MAY HAVE GONE OUT FOR 12 PENNIES, BUT ARE NOW DOWN TO ONLY BEING ABLE TO ACCESS NINE PENNIES.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST PART OF THE WAY THE STATE COMPRESSION WORKS.

SO I'LL FOLLOW THAT WITHIN THE PENNIES. DOES IT, DO ANY OF THOSE THAT THEY RECAPTURE, SO TO SPEAK, BECOME GOLDEN PENNIES, OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ALL COPPER PENNIES? IT WILL BE COPPER PENNIES THAT WOULD BE COMPRESSED.

THE GOLDEN PENNIES DO NOT COMPRESS. OKAY. AND THEN YOU MENTIONED THAT WE KNOW SO FAR, ROCKWELL, I THINK DOCTOR LOPEZ MENTIONED ROCKWELL IS PROBABLY LOOKING AT VATRE.

DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY ELSE? POTENTIALLY WITH THESE SHORTFALLS SOME DISTRICTS THAT DID NOT GO AFTER THEIR PENNIES ARE LOOKING FOR THEIR VATRES TOO.

BUT IF THEY'RE STARTING IN JUNE, THEY ALREADY GOT A LATE RUNNING START.

OKAY. SO WE'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT. AND WHAT STRIKES ME BASICALLY AS I LOOK AT THIS CHART ON SLIDE 52, IS THAT YOU KNOW, GARLAND IS NOT CONSIDERED A PROPERTY RICH.

THE DISTRICT IS NOT CONSIDERED PROPERTY RICH, AND OUR TAX RATE IS DOWN THERE WITH SOME OF THOSE WHO ARE VERY PROPERTY RICH.

SO WE KIND OF GOT, I DON'T KNOW, FROM ONE PERSPECTIVE, IT MIGHT BE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS, AND FROM ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE, IT MIGHT BE THE WORST OF BOTH WORLDS WITH RESPECT TO FUNDING OUR DISTRICT.

I WAS LOOKING AT THE TAXABLE VALUE TREND ON PAGE 53.

YOU SAID WE WERE 49 BILLION BEFORE EXEMPTIONS.

CORRECT. AND NOW WE'RE AT 37 BILLION. CORRECT.

AND. THAT IS THE ESTIMATE THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.

YES. AND THAT INCLUDES THAT BILL WITH THE 140.

NO, IT DOES NOT. SO THERE'LL BE FURTHER. 37 BILLION COULD BE A DIFFERENT NUMBER IF THOSE EXEMPTIONS ARE PASSED AND SOMEBODY WILL RUN THOSE THOSE MODELS FOR US AND GET YOU THAT NUMBER WHEN THEY CAN.

YEAH. DCAD, OUR COUNTY APPRAISAL DALLAS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT WILL RUN THOSE NUMBERS.

BECAUSE ON THE NEXT SLIDE 55, YOU SHOW LOCAL REVENUE AND THAT'S SUBJECT TO THOSE LAWS.

CORRECT? CORRECT. SO I TRIED TO PLAY WITH THAT ON OUR TEMPLATE JUST A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE SOME VALUE LOSS ALSO WITH THIS BECAUSE BUT YOU KNOW IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST, WHEN THEY WENT TO FROM 40,000 TO 100, WE HAD ABOUT 2.5 BILLION VALUE LOSS. SO ON, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROPERTY VALUE INCREASES, I MEAN THERE'S NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT GOES INTO OUR BUCKET AS WELL.

CORRECT. THERE'S NEW PROPERTIES THAT WEREN'T IN LAST YEAR.

CORRECT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE APPROXIMATE EXPECTED PERCENT VALUE INCREASE IS FOR US.

AS FAR AS NEW? AS FAR AS EXISTING PROPERTY VALUES.

FORGET THE NEW RIGHT NOW. WELL, RIGHT NOW, WITHOUT THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IT'S A LITTLE OVER 7%, BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT THE NEW CONSTRUCTION AND I'M GOING OFF MEMORY IS A LITTLE OVER $1 BILLION INCREASE TO OUR PROPERTY VALUES.

OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION WOULD BE ON SLIDE 57 YOU TALKED ABOUT THE STUDENT NUTRITION FUND BALANCE BEING A LITTLE OVER THE PREFERRED STATE PREFERRED NUMBER, BUT YOU DON'T.

WHERE IS THAT NUMBER? DO YOU HAVE. SO IT'S THREE MONTHS.

FUND BALANCE IS WHAT THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE OVER.

AND THEY ARE. AND I DON'T HAVE THAT JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHAT THEIR FUND BALANCE IS.

BUT THAT'S WHAT THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THEY'VE HAD A DEFICIT BUDGET TO WORK ON THAT FUND BALANCE TO GET IT DOWN TO WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. I'LL TRY TO KEEP MY QUESTIONS

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I MISSED A COUPLE OF TRUSTEES QUESTIONS. CAN WE GO TO PAGE TEN? THE HOUSE BILL TWO IMPACT SLIDE. SLIDE TEN.

SLIDE 14. ACTUALLY. THAT ONE. OKAY. OBVIOUSLY THIS TOP LINE, THE TEACHER RETENTION SUPPORT STAFF.

I UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S FLOWED THROUGH BECAUSE THOSE ARE EFFECTIVELY BUDGET INCREASES THAT WE'RE JUST USING STATE REVENUE TO FUND THE INCREASE.

CORRECT. BUT THE REST OF THE ITEMS I CAN SEE, AT LEAST TO SOME EXTENT ALL THESE MIGHT OFFSET EXISTING BUDGET ITEMS TO SOME DEGREE.

WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT? SOME WILL, YES. THE EVALUATION THAT WILL OFFSET COST OF EVALUATIONS THAT WE DO. BECAUSE WE CURRENTLY EVALUATE FIRST TIME SPECIAL ED STUDENTS.

AND RIGHT NOW WE GET NOTHING FOR THAT. RIGHT? CORRECT. SO NOW WE'RE AT LEAST GETTING $1,000 A STUDENT FOR IT. CORRECT.

SO THAT'S HELPFUL. SAFETY AND SECURITY ALLOTMENT.

I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, IS THIS $1.848 MILLION THAT IS CONTAINED IN THE SAFETY AND SECURITY LAB, AND ALL FOR NEW SAFETY AND SECURITY MEASURES? OR IS ARE WE ALREADY BEYOND WHAT THE STATE IS EXPECTING US TO DO? AND THIS CAN BE OFFSET SOME OF OUR EXISTING BUDGET ON THESE ISSUES.

L ET ME GO TO THAT SLIDE. YOU WANT ME TO GO TO THAT SLIDE.

OKAY. I'LL BLOW BY IT. LET ME KNOW.

WHAT. SO RIGHT NOW. WAIT . I KNOW, BUT SO RIGHT NOW, THIS IS OUR CURRENT BUDGET. WE RECEIVE ABOUT $1.6 MILLION IN STATE FUNDING.

AND SO OUR GAP RIGHT HERE, WE SPEND ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 11.5.

SO OUR GAP RIGHT HERE IS IS 9.9. NOW, THE ADDITIONAL THAT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS 1.8, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR CITIES, OUR SROS, AND WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO SALARY INCREASES ON SROS, WHICH WE HAVE TO MATCH. SO THAT'S REALLY THE INCREASED COST THAT WE'RE EXPECTING FOR THIS NEXT BUDGET YEAR, WHICH STILL LEAVES OUR OUR FUNDING GAP AROUND ALMOST $10 MILLION.

BECAUSE TRUST ME, NO ONE'S BEEN MORE CRITICAL OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE AND THEIR FUNDING, BUT I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE AS WELL.

THAT 1.848 MILLION WOULD GO AGAINST EXISTING THINGS, BUT WE ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE INCREASES ON THE SIDE THAT ARE GREATER THAN THE 1.848 MILLION NECESSARY. OKAY. GOT THAT. AND WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THIS FOURTH ITEM, ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CURRENT ALLOTMENT 1.129 MILLION. WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT, DOES THAT REFERENCE? BECAUSE I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT. SO AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE SLIDES AND YOU MAY HAVE HAD TO LEAVE WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE.

WE HAVE CURRENT ALLOTMENTS. YOU HAVE GT, SPECIAL ED, EARLY ED ALLOTMENT. YOU HAVE CTE ALLOTMENT. ANYTIME THERE IS AN INCREASE, THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THESE ALLOTMENTS THAT ARE TIED TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT. SO WHEN YOU HAVE AN INCREASE IN BASIC ALLOTMENT, WHICH IS THAT $55 THAT WE'RE GETTING PER STUDENT.

IT AUTOMATICALLY INCREASES THOSE THE ENHANCEMENTS THE THE THE ALLOTMENT.

SO THIS AMOUNT IS JUST THE SUM TOTAL OF THE ENHANCED ALLOTMENTS OVER THE COURSE OF IT'S THE TOTAL MINUS OF WHAT OUR LOCAL SHARE IS FOR.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND OBVIOUSLY I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE REGULAR ALLOTMENT STUFF IS.

THAT'S ALL THE QUESTION. I JUST WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MISS STANLEY. OKAY, THANKS. SO. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING WHEN IT COMES TO THE TEACHER RETENTION SUPPORT STAFF. SO HB2 HAS GIVEN US MONEY TO PASS THROUGH OUR TEACHERS ON THAT THREE AND OVER, BUT OUR 0 TO 3, THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR THEM.

CORRECT? CORRECT. WE HAVE NOTHING FOR THEM? OR DO WE HAVE ANOTHER BUCKET WE GET TO USE TO TRY TO OFFSET THAT? THEY GET NOTHING. THEY COULD BE, THAT COULD BE TAKEN OUT OF THE SUPPORT STAFF, WHICH WE GET $45 PER REGULAR ADA ON THAT. AND SO THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING UP WITH AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF ABOUT 1.7

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BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DID, IT PULLS THEM OUT.

IT ONLY APPLIES TO CLASSROOM TEACHER. THERE'S SOME TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE NOT REALLY TIED TO THE CLASSROOM THAT MAY NOT RECEIVE, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE LANGUAGE ON THAT. SO IT'S THOSE WOULD BE PUSHED DOWN INTO THAT SUPPORT STAFF.

AND LIKE I SAID, OUT OF THAT TOTAL 14 MILLION, ABOUT 13.5.

AND DON'T GET ME ALL MY NUMBERS BECAUSE IT'S, THEIR ESTIMATED IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I'M ESTIMATING FOR OURS BECAUSE I HAVE MORE ACTUAL NUMBERS ON OUR STAFF. SO THE 0 TO 2 COULD BE IN THAT SUPPORT STAFF ALONG WITH COUNSELORS, NURSES, LIBRARIANS AND THEN OUR AUXILIARY STAFF AND ALL OF OUR SUPPORT STAFF.

NON-ADMIN. SO IT'S A BIG BUCKET THAT THEY DIDN'T REALLY COVER.

CORRECT. BASICALLY. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I WAS UNDERSTANDING THAT SO THEY REALLY CHERRY PICKED WHO THEY THOUGHT SHOULD GET THE MONEY.

OKAY. OKAY. SO, AND THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE DOCTOR ADAMS. BUT JUST FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T SUPER VERSED IN OUR VOCATIONAL THINGS.

WHEN YOU DISCUSS 34 CLUSTERS AND THEN YOU ALSO DISCUSS PROGRAMING, CAN YOU JUST KIND OF, JUST A HIGH LEVEL CLUSTER VERSUS VERSUS A PROGRAM? YEAH. YES. AND IT IS COMPLICATED BECAUSE SO MANY OF THESE THINGS ARE RELATED, EVEN WHEN WE GET TO THE EARLY COLLEGE AND TECH SLIDE.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS GRAPHIC RIGHT HERE, THAT'S KIND OF A GOOD EXAMPLE.

THAT'S ONE OF OUR 14 CLUSTERS. RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A CAREER CLUSTER WITHIN MANUFACTURING.

BUT WITHIN THAT CLUSTER YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OF STUDY OR PLACES YOU GO TOWARDS CERTIFICATION.

AND SO WE HAVE 14 KIND OF BROAD KIND OF ZOOM OUT A LITTLE BIT CLUSTERS OR AREA THAT THEY CAN STUDY.

AND WITHIN EACH OF THOSE AREAS YOU HAVE MORE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS OF STUDY THAT KIDS CAN FOLLOW A PATHWAY IN.

SO REALLY IT'S CLUSTERS, AND THEN THE PROGRAMS ARE OFFSHOOTS OF THE CLUSTERS.

YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I THINK THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH IT. I MEAN, ONCE AGAIN, WE DIDN'T GET THE FUNDING, BUT. OKAY. THANKS. THANK YOU. MISS GRIFFIN.

YES. THANK YOU. I FIRST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ALL ON AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION THAT HAD SO MUCH CLARITY, AND IT FLOWED EXTREMELY WELL. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ALL DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN PRESENTING THIS.

NOW, WE MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU PRESENTED, BUT NEVERTHELESS FOR UNDERSTANDING AND CLARITY AND TYING EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN SO MANY OTHER PLATFORMS, YOU ALL BROUGHT IT TOGETHER EXTREMELY WELL.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SPECIAL ED FUNDING THAT'S COMING AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT PAGE THAT IS.

IS THAT TITLE ONE FEDERAL FUNDING OR IS THAT WHAT'S COMING OUT OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN TEXAS THIS TIME? THIS IS JUST TEXAS LEGISLATURE THAT IS AFFECTING GENERAL FUND.

OKAY. BECAUSE ON THE NEWS WE HEAR THAT TITLE ONE FUNDING HAS THE POSSIBILITY.

YES. OKAY. THE OTHER THING WITH THE EDUCATIONAL SAVINGS ACCOUNT, WHEN IT HAS SAID THAT EXISTING DISTRICTS WILL DO ASSESSMENT FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT WILL BE ENTERING THOSE NONPUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS. ARE YOU SEEING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENTS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO.

NO, NO WE'RE NOT. AND YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, THE EDUCATIONAL OR VOUCHERS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM, THAT BEGINS NOT THIS COMING YEAR, BUT THE NEXT, WHICH THEY APPROVED $1 BILLION FOR ONE YEAR.

RIGHT. SO THIS IS, THESE ARE OUR NUMBERS. OKAY.

WHEN WE GO FROM ONE OF THE INITIATIVES THAT SAYS REMOVING THE PLANNING TIME.

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SO MANY OF THOSE IN THIS YEAR. OKAY. YES. DOES THAT, SO ARE WE TO ASSUME THAT THAT NUMBER WILL GO UP FOR NEXT YEAR WHEN YOU FULLY REMOVE PLANNING PERIODS FOR EVERYONE? ARE THAT EXTRA SLIDE YOU HAD THAT SAID, YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE FOR PLANNING TIME AND WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE? SO BEFORE YOU BEGIN, LET'S BE CLEAR WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THIS YEAR, IT ISN'T FOR THE YEAR WE'RE IN, IT'S THE YEAR WE'RE GOING INTO. SO WHEN. I MEAN WELL, 25-26.

YEAH. 25-26. AND SO 25-26 IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. IT COULD INCREASE BY THE TIME WE START SCHOOL A BIT BECAUSE IT'S A FLUID SITUATION TO DO THROUGH ATTRITION, NOT A RIFF. AND I'LL LET DOCTOR PERALES EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.

YES. JUST LIKE DOCTOR LOPEZ MENTIONED, THIS PLANNING TIME, THIS SECONDARY SCHEDULING FOR ADDITIONAL PLANNING TIME, THIS WILL START NEXT YEAR WHERE WE WILL NOT OFFER ANY PLANNING, ADDITIONAL PLANNING TIME.

AND THE COST IS 22.8 MILLION. BUT LIKE WE MENTIONED, THIS IS DONE THROUGH ATTRITION.

AND WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO CUT 10 MILLION OF THAT NEXT YEAR.

SO LET'S SAY 20. LET'S SAY 25-26. SO 25-26. OKAY.

IT'S ONLY GOING TO COST US 12.8, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE STILL WE DIDN'T CUT ALL OF WHAT IT'S WORTH, WE DIDN'T CUT THE WHOLE AMOUNT OKAY.

SO YOU HAVE A PLAN.

YOU HAVE A PLAN OF WHAT SCHOOLS OR AREAS THAT'S GOING TO LOSE THEIR PLANNING? SO YOU HAVE A STRATEGY. SO ALL MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS LOST THE ADDITIONAL PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR OKAY.

SO ON PAGE 40. WHAT DOES THIS 304 ADDITIONAL TEACHERS NEEDED MEAN.

THE ADDITIONAL TEACHERS NEEDED TO PLAN, FOR THE ADDITIONAL PLANNING.

SO THIS YEAR. SO I'M GOING TO, I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE ASKING NOW.

SO FOR THE 10 MILLION THAT WE CUT IT IS APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY TEACHERS 130 TEACHERS.

SO OF THE 304, YES, WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THAT MANY 130 TEACHERS.

OKAY. AND THE OTHER THING IS THE GOING FROM 8 TO 7.

OR DO I HAVE WHAT, SEVEN OF EIGHT? OKAY. HOW MANY TEACHERS DID THAT FREE UP.

IT'S THE SAME THING. IT'S THE SAME PEOPLE. YES.

SO SCHEDULING FOR ADDITIONAL PLANNING TIME. THAT'S WHAT SEVEN OF EIGHT MEANS.

IN THE PAST, TEACHERS TAUGHT SIX CLASSES. CHANGE WORDS I'M OKAY.

AND SO WE'RE USING SCHEDULING FOR ADDITIONAL PLANNING TIME BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

AND IT'S CLEARER WHEN WE SAY SEVEN OF EIGHT. IT CAN MEAN ANYTHING AND PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND.

BUT TO GIVE YOU MORE CLARITY, THEY USED TO TEACH SIX OF EIGHT, SIX CLASSES OF EIGHT PERIODS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TEACHING SEVEN CLASSES OUT OF EIGHT PERIODS.

SO THEREFORE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE ADDITIONAL PLANNING TIME THAT THEY HAD IN THE PAST.

OKAY. AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR PROGRAM OFFERINGS AND WE LIST THOSE VARIOUS CATEGORIES AND CLUSTERS, AND WE HAD DUAL CREDIT AND WE HAD ALL OF THOSE OTHER THINGS.

DOES THIS FIGURE INCLUDE WHAT WE HAVE TO PAY DALLAS COLLEGE OR DO WE PAY THEM NOTHING FOR THAT SCHOOL AND THEN FOR THE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH? YEAH. ALL COSTS HAVE BEEN COLLECTED TOGETHER.

SO EVERYTHING YOU SEE IS ANY COST FOR COLLEGE FOR ALL.

AND SO THAT'S OKAY. SO THAT SO REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ARE GOING OR WHO WE ARE PARTNERING WITH, IF IT'S UNDER THIS PROGRAM THAT IS TOTALLY INCLUSIVE.

YES. OKAY. WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE IN THE PAST TO RECEIVE GRANTS AND THAT THAT WILL BE ON TOP OF BUDGET.

YES. [LAUGHTER] I'M LOOKING, I LOOKED ALL AROUND AND I MISSED EVERYBODY'S NOD.

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SO Y'ALL DID A GOOD JOB. WE HAVE COME UP WITH THIS TERMINOLOGY OF FOCUSED CAMPUS.

AND AS WE LOOK AT THE SUPPORT STAFF AND ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS, THAT'S GOING TO BE A CHANGE.

HOW ARE THOSE CAMPUSES GOING TO BE PROTECTED? AND DO YOU THINK WHAT WE HAVE IN THIS THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING, BECAUSE WE DON'T EXPECT ANY RATINGS TO GO DOWN, ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE NO MONEY. SO I JUST WANT TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO PROTECT THAT GROWTH THAT WE HAVE STARTED AT VARIOUS CAMPUSES? YEAH, I CAN START. PART OF IT IS PRIORITIZING RESOURCES AND CAMPUSES.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE KIND OF COST CONTAINMENT SLIDE THAT I SHOWED, I TALKED ABOUT SUPPORT STAFF. WELL, THE REALITY IS, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO REDUCE THIS MUCH OF A DEFICIT, YOU KNOW, WITH 83% OF YOUR BUDGETS AND PEOPLE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REDUCE PEOPLE.

SO AS WE'VE DONE THAT, WE'VE KIND OF KEPT THAT IN MIND AND THOUGHT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER VARIABLES THAT WE USE TO IDENTIFY FOCUS CAMPUS OR PRIORITY CAMPUSES.

AND WE'RE STILL KEEPING LEVELS OF SUPPORT THERE.

BEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE. AND SO PART OF IT IS THE PEOPLE.

BUT THE OTHER PART OF IT IS NOT JUST THE PERSON THAT WE'RE PUSHING INTO THESE CAMPUSES.

IT'S ALSO AT THE CENTRAL LEVEL. HOW ARE WE, YOU KNOW, ALIGNING OUR SUPPORT AND OUR TIME TO SUPPORT CAMPUSES? HOW ARE WE PUTTING THE STRONGEST LEADERS, THOSE CAMPUSES, ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN PART OF THE DISCUSSION. AND ALSO, LIKE, ARE WE PRODUCING THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO REALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR KIDS? SO SAIL AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALL FEED INTO THAT.

AND SOMETIMES IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE TOOK AWAY A PROGRAM LAST YEAR TO REINVEST IN ANOTHER PROGRAM.

AND SO THAT'S LIKE, HEY, WE'VE CHANGED WHAT WE WERE. WE'RE MOVING A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AND PRIORITIZING SO WE CAN HAVE A LARGER RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING TOO. SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS NECESSARILY CONNECTED JUST TO A PERSON.

IN THIS CASE WE'RE STILL HAVING SUPPORT THAT GOES THERE.

BUT IT'S MORE OF A SYSTEMIC SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO AND YOU ALL STARTED A SYSTEM LAST YEAR, YEAR BEFORE LAST.

I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR WITH ALL THIS RISK ANALYSIS.

YES. SO IT'S NOT THAT WE HAVE TO WONDER WHERE THERE SHOULD BE EXTRA SUPPORT SO ARE Y'ALL STILL USING THAT? SO WILL THAT PLAY A ROLE IN THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. GRIFFIN.

OKAY. I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION. I'M JUST GOING TO ASK.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT TEACHER RETENTION AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

AND CLASSROOM SIZES ARE PROBABLY GOING TO INCREASE ON THIS LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET.

SO ON BUILDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE FOR THE TEACHERS, WILL THAT MEAN THAT THEY STILL WILL HAVE A PLANNING PERIOD OR A CONFERENCE PERIOD OR BUILDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE? WILL, ARE THEY GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUY COURSE DESIGN? WILL THEY BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER, BE PLANNING AS FAR AS EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE.

FOR AN EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE A DAY B DAY, WHICH YOU DO IN ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS, ONE OF THOSE DAYS THEY PROBABLY WON'T HAVE A CONFERENCE OR A PLANNING TIME.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT ON EITHER A DAY OR B DAY, WHICHEVER ONE THEY HAVE A CONFERENCE PERIOD.

IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT. SO WE'RE BEING VERY STRATEGIC AS WE BUILD THE MASTER SCHEDULES.

BEG YOUR PARDON? CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE'RE BEING VERY STRATEGIC AS WE BUILD THE MASTER SCHEDULES.

AND WE ARE LOOKING AT MAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS SO THAT TEACHERS THAT TEACH THE SAME SUBJECT HAVE THE SAME CONFERENCE PERIOD, BECAUSE ALL TEACHERS WILL HAVE THEIR 45 MINUTE OR 450 MINUTES EVERY TWO WEEKS OF PLANNING TIME.

OKAY, I JUST WANT, BECAUSE A LOT OF TEACHERS WATCH THIS PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.

AND I JUST WANT THEM TO BE AWARE OF EVEN THOUGH THAT THEIR CLASS IS GOING TO INCREASE, WE ARE GOING TO GIVE MORE MONEY FROM HOUSE BILL TWO, BUT THAT THE PLANNING IS GOING TO IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE VERY STRATEGIC ON THE DAYS THAT THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

YES, SIR. AND I THINK AND I THINK MOST OF THEM ARE GOING TO PULL UP THEIR BOOTSTRAPS AND DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO HELP THIS DISTRICT. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE? ROBERT, I MIGHT HAVE MISSED THIS WHEN YOU GUYS WERE GOING THROUGH THE PROGRAMS. WHAT WAS THE PARTICIPATION FOR CTE? NUMBER OF STUDENTS? YEAH, IT'S AT THE TOP. IT'S 85% OF STUDENTS. SECONDARY STUDENTS ARE IN CTE.

AND THEN FOR P-TECH. THE NUMBERS ARE THERE, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE PERCENTAGE.

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I DON'T HAVE THEM SEPARATED BY P-TECH EARLY COLLEGE.

I KIND OF GROUPED TOGETHER. BUT YOU SEE THE NUMBERS AT THE TOP HERE, AND THEN.

ATHLETICS. YEAH. ATHLETICS. SAME. I THINK WE HAD.

THAT'S IT THERE. 8900. OKAY . AT THE TOP. HERE.

THANK YOU. YEP. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE ONE OF A-HA! MOMENTS I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD WAS THAT HOW MUCH WE SPEND ON ATHLETICS IS ABOUT ALMOST PUT IT ON ATHLETICS, PLEASE. ANNUAL COST IS ALMOST ABOUT 8.2 MILLION.

AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT FINE ARTS, IT'S 27.3 MILLION.

SO THERE'S A MISCONCEPTION ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY IS GOING TO THE ARTS AS OPPOSED TO ATHLETICS.

CONSIDERABLY MORE TO THE ARTS. THANK YOU. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. DODD.

MS. PERALES, MR. ADAMS AND YOUR STAFFS FOR THE PRESENTATION AGAIN.

I KNOW THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT IN. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE GOING TO GO ON AND MOVE ON TO ITEM B DISCUSSION ITEMS,

[III.B.1. Pay Raise Recommendations for Garland ISD Employees for 2025-2026 School Year]

MR. DODDS? WELL, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND DOCTOR LOPEZ TALKED ABOUT THIS, RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY CONSIDERATION THAT WE'RE DOING FOR PAY INCREASES AND WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET CLARIFICATION FROM TEA ON HOW THAT CAN BE DISTRIBUTED WILL BE WHAT WE ARE GETTING FROM THE STATE THROUGH HOUSE BILL TWO.

AND SO THAT'S I KNOW THAT'S NOT TRADITIONAL. IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST JUST LOOKING AT YOU KNOW. I'LL GET TO THAT SLIDE HERE IN A MINUTE.

LOOKING AT THIS SLIDE HERE, WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST WITHOUT ANY INCREASE IN FUNDING.

AND SO SINCE WE HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN AN INCREASE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY USE FOR DIFFERENT RAISES, THIS IS WHAT THE DISTRICT HAS DONE IN ORDER TO, FOR OUR STAFF, BUT FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR, FOR THIS 25-26, RIGHT NOW, ONLY RECOMMENDATION WE HAVE IS WHAT HOUSE BILL TWO DOES.

AND THAT'S THE TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT AND THE SUPPORT STAFF ALLOTMENT.

QUESTIONS, MISS GRIFFIN? YES. WITH THAT BEING SAID.

WHAT IS GOING TO BE OUR VARIOUS COMMUNICATION PIECES TO OUR ENTIRE STAFF TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'VE JUST SAID? WE ALL SIT HERE AND WE UNDERSTAND IT.

WE WORK WITH IT A LOT CLOSER. BUT HOW WILL WE DISSEMINATE THIS INFORMATION WITH A LITTLE TENDER LOVING CARE, SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEIR CLASSIFICATION OR THEIR CATEGORY? OR DO YOU THINK IT IS A NEED? AND MY CONCERN IS THAT WE MAY POSSIBLY NEED TO OVEREXPLAIN AND OVEREXAGGERATE. SO THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS.

I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE PARTS, AND THIS IS A GOOD SEGUE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

BUT THE FIRST THING WE GOT TO EXPLAIN TO THEM IS EXACTLY HOW THE HOUSE BILL WORKS.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT CLARITY YET. RIGHT. THE SECOND THING WE GOT TO LET THEM KNOW IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THIS SITUATION, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A PROPOSITION THAT COULD PROBABLY HELP US GET OUT OF IT.

RIGHT. AND AND SO WE NEED EVERYBODY TO RALLY AROUND THE DISTRICT THIS COMING YEAR TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE ENDS MEET.

OKAY. SO THAT'LL BE, THAT HAS TO BE EMBEDDED IN OUR MESSAGING.

AND THEN THIRDLY, WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT WHILE HOUSE BILL TWO DID GIVE US MONEY, THE MAJORITY WENT TO TEACHER RAISES, WHICH IS PHENOMENAL. I MEAN, WHAT A GREAT WAY TO SPEND MONEY.

BUT THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE RAISES, BECAUSE THE RAISES ARE TWO FOLDED AND SOMEBODY ALLUDED TO IT EARLIER, ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS TALKED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY GOING INTO TEA.

NOW THERE'S MORE MONEY GOING INTO TEA, THEY WANT TO EXPAND TEA, THEY SEE IT AS AS A COST BENEFIT.

BUT WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS MIRACULOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY GOING THERE, THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE MONEY'S GOING.

SO YOU COULD START GETTING HIGHER TEACHER SALARIES THROUGH THOSE TYPE OF AVENUES.

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RIGHT. SO WE'VE REALLY GOT TO LOOK AT IT DEEPLY.

AND I THINK ONCE WE GET THESE CLARIFYING CLARIFYING POINTS WE'LL BE ABLE TO MESSAGE IT OUT TO THE TEAM.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. DODD? THANK YOU. DARRELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THAT LEADS US TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

[IV. Executive Session: Executive session will be held for purposes permitted by Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Section 551.001 et seq.]

TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.001A. PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071, PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY IN PERSON OR BY PHONE.

WHEN THE BOARD SEEKS THE ADVICE OF ITS ATTORNEY ABOUT ONE, PENDING OR CONTEMPLATING LITIGATION, TWO, SETTLEMENT OFFER, OR THREE, ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS, CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER.

ITEM B. PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.074 DELIBERATION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE, OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, OR TO HEAR A COMPLAINT OR A CHARGE AGAINST AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, ITEM C PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.076. DELIBERATIONS REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS.

EXCUSE ME. IT IS NOW 3:52 AND WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

OKAY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SORRY FOR THE LATE START.

IT IS NOW 4:58. WE COMPLETED THE BUDGET MEETING JUST PREVIOUS TO THIS MEETING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.