During a July 14 meeting, PfISD Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Land told board members districts and campuses may request a waiver from Foundation School Program, a funding wing of the Texas Education Association.
"We have identified 16 campuses [with] either one or more dates that met this criteria, and we have to submit this waiver by the end of July," Land said. "This is something that will increase our funding. We're not looking at a substantial amount—not millions of dollars—but at this point I think we need to make sure we are being good stewards, and we are trying to capture any and all revenue that we can."
Land did not specify how much money the district could save through the waiver.
District information states that to qualify, districts and campuses must have attendance at least 10 percentage points lower than the overall average from the prior school year due to inclement weather, health or safety-related issues.
PfISD documents state the 16 campuses that met the criteria for the waiver during the 2021-22 school year include Pflugerville and Connally high schools, Hendrickson and Weiss middle schools, and Pflugerville and Dessau elementary schools.
