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More than 20 new special education positions and a 3% overall general pay increase for staff members are among the highlights included in Humble ISD’s FY 2026-27 budget.
The details
Trustees approved the district’s budget during the board’s June 9 meeting.
HISD Chief Financial Officer Billy Beattie said the district is projected to spend roughly $559.4 million in its general fund budget, while taking in roughly $560.1 million in revenue.
Beattie said the district’s current projections show the district operating with a surplus of roughly $660,000 next year.
“I'm very proud to be bringing forward to you a balanced recurring operating budget,” Beattie said. “That's a lot of hard work, [and it was] a districtwide effort.”
A closer look
Beattie noted a recent audit of the special education department helped guide budget decisions for the department.
“We got a lot of good information and directive from the results of that audit, so we took that information and aligned those resources to the recommendations,” Beattie said.
Beattie said roughly $755,000 will be spent on various special education initiatives, including around $582,000 in new positions. Among the positions include:
Beattie also noted roughly $50,000 will be spent on new state-mandated dyslexia training.
“We need to provide some additional training to be able to meet that [state] requirement,” Beattie said.
The overall pay increase—which Beattie said encompasses roughly $12.7 million of the district’s budget—will raise the starting salary for new teachers from $66,000 in FY 2025-26 to $68,000 in FY 2026-27.
Beattie also highlighted additional raises and incentives some nonteaching positions would be awarded heading into the 2026-27 school year, including:
“We think [these raises are] going to put us in a really, really good position among our peers next year,” Beattie said.
Beattie noted the district would also be increasing police leadership’s pay grade.
What’s next
While the district will not adopt its FY 2026-27 tax rate until September, Beattie said the budget was built around a proposed tax rate of $1.1052 per $100 valuation, which would remain consistent with the district’s tax rate for the previous two years.
Average home values within the district's boundaries rose from roughly $346,000 last year to $348,300 this year, according to budget documents.
While taxes due from individual residents depend on the value of their homes, the average tax bill within the district is projected to increase by roughly $28, rising from an average of around $2,342 last year to roughly $2,370 this year, budget documents show.
