Alvin ISD Trustees on June 9 adopted a flat budget for the upcoming fiscal year, anticipating a tax rate of $1.13 per $100.
Expected to be adopted in September, the anticipated tax rate is slightly lower than the previous rate.
“We won’t know what that is until the appraisal district certifies values in July, we send that to (Texas Education Agency) and they send that back,” Chief Financial Officer Dr. Daniel Combs said.
“We are proposing a flat budget, but we did have many conversations in relation to priorities from the board level,” Combs told board members on June 9.
Trustees in May approved a 3 percent cost-of-living raise for employees.
“That has been incorporated into this budget,” Combs said.
Alvin ISD currently has about 30,000 students.
“The way school finance in Texas works is the biggest driver for revenue is the number of students that we have and their average daily attendance,” Combs said. “Looking at projections that have happened over the last couple of years, we’re still growing into a projection we received previously.”
