Aldine ISD Board of Trustees Approve 2025-26 Budget, Tax Rate

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The Aldine ISD Board of Trustees on Tuesday night unanimously approved the final budget and set the proposed tax rate for the 2025-26 school year.

The General Operating Budget totals $693,672,005, a 4% decrease from the 2024-25 school year. The district expects to generate total revenue of $645,276,421, resulting in a budget deficit of $48.4 million. The budget provides funding for all district operations, instructional programs and student activities.

“We worked on our 2025-26 budget since January,” Chief Financial Officer Timothy Momanyi said. “With the district’s strategic priorities in mind, the program-based budgeting process was implemented, allowing every department to have an active part in the budget development process.”

The budget does not factor in funding that Aldine ISD and other Texas public school districts are expected to receive after the passage and signing of House Bill 2 (HB2), the public school funding bill. Texas lawmakers passed the $8.5 billion bill in both the House and Senate during the legislative session. The bill includes teacher and staff pay raises, an increase in per-student allotment, special education funding, funding for campus safety requirements, and more.

Trustees also proposed a tax rate for the 2025-26 school year that will remain the same as the current year’s rate of $1.034 per $100 of assessed property value. The tax rate is the sum of the maintenance and operation fund (0.7315 cents) and the interest and sinking fund (0.3025 cents). The board will not officially be able to approve the proposed tax rate until the district receives the certified roll from the Harris County Appraisal District in late August.

Trustees on Tuesday night also took the following actions:

Approved the minutes from previous meetings.
Approved the board nominations for the slate of candidates for the TASB Board of Directors.
Approved the Optional Flexible School Day Program for Hall Success Academy for 2025-26 school year.
Approved an interlocal agreement between Harris County and Aldine ISD for the Community Youth Services Program from July 1, 2025, to June 20, 2026.
Approved an interlocal agreement for specialized services between the Harris County Department of Education (HighPoint High School East) and Aldine ISD for the Disciplinary Alternative Education Program for the 2025-26 school year.
Approved an interlocal agreement for educational services between the Harris County Department of Education Fortis Academy (recovery high school) and Aldine ISD for the 2025-26 school year.
Approved a memorandum of understanding with the Harris County Juvenile Board for the Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program (JJAEP) for the 2025-26 school year.
Approved an amendment to the site-based clinic cooperation agreement between the Memorial Hermann Community Benefit Corporation and Aldine ISD to relocate the school-based clinic HEAL High School in August 2025.
Approved an interlocal agreement between the University of Texas at Austin OnRamps and Aldine ISD for the 2025-26 school year.
Approved a renewal of agreement between Aldine ISD and the University of Houston regarding the UH Alternative Certification Program for August 2024 through August 2029.
Approved single contracts and purchases of $100,000 and greater.
Approved a board resolution of commitment of fund balance for the Property Self-Insurance Program.
Approved the general fund, debt service fund and child nutrition fund final budget amendment for the 2024-2025 school year.
Approved the renewals for purchasing cooperatives and interlocal agreements.
Approved the monthly tax office refunds.