Alvin ISD trustees to consider adopting budget for FY 2024-25, calling for bond election

A growing expense for the district is personnel, which AISD officials expect to spend $18.4 million more on this year compared to last, documents show. Of that, almost $7.7 million is going toward a 3% cost of living adjustment.

Much of the rest is going toward staffing at a pair of new schools—Iowa Colony Junior High School and Barbara Bennett Elementary School—that are opening in the fall, documents show.

What else?

The board will also consider calling an election for a new bond, which could be worth about $380.1 million, according to a presentation by the district’s Citizens Advisory Committee.

Daniel Combs, assistant superintendent and chief financial officer for AISD, said the bond would traditionally go to helping fund new or expanding schools.

While district officials say the bond could help with the growth seen in the district, funding for maintenance is difficult to include in the bond, leaving officials to include such funds in the district’s regular operating budget. Maintenance costs were one of the leading expenses in the budget, with $600,000 attributed to maintenance and operation expenses, according to district documents.

Stay tuned

AISD will meet at 7 p.m., June 11 at the Tommy King Administration Building at 301 E. House St., in Alvin.