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Seguin ISD Trustees adopt 2025-2026 budget
Deficit included in this year’s numbers Cindy Aguirre-Herrera
(Seguin) -- The Seguin ISD Board of Trustees has officially adopted its 2025-2026 budget. The $84.9 million budget includes a $5.8 million deficit, which is subject to change due to recent legislative changes. Elizabeth Banks, Seguin ISD interim superintendent and chief financial officer, says that the deficit total includes $2.9 million in budget additions deemed necessary and/or unavoidable, as well as step increases for teachers, and the estimated $2.8 million deficit that is the current 2024-2025 budget, which serves as the starting point for the 2025-2026 budget. “Those budget additions include rising costs that everyone is facing in our current economy, as well as staffing and resources we need to meet needs on our campuses,” Banks said. “We want to ensure that we still provide for our
students and staff.” Banks says the district’s business department and leadership team are looking at all possible options to reduce the deficit, including potential funding opportunities in Career and Technical Education (CTE). Seguin reduced its 2024-2025 deficit by $1.2 million, which included efforts to optimize CTE funding. The board is considering a Voter-Approved Tax Ratification Election (VATRE) to maximize the district’s Golden Pennies for state funding. Banks says passing a VATRE would provide an additional $2.5 million or more annually. Texas law requires school districts to pass a budget before a new fiscal year; Seguin ISD’s fiscal year begins July 1. Budget, pg. 2
Summer Eats
Thanks to the Seguin ISD, local kids 0-18 are not going hungry this summer. The school district is again serving up free breakfast and lunch meals to all children in the area. See story on page 3.