College Station ISD school board approves the budget for the 2026-27 school year

This podcast contains comments from the June 16, 2026 College Station ISD school board meeting.College Station ISD school board members adopt a budget for the 2026-27 school year which requires taking more than $6 six million dollars out of savings and decreases the property tax rate by almost one cent.CSISD chief financial officer Healther Wilson told board members the budget reflects adding $4.5 million for pay raises and adding employees at the expanded career and technical education center.Wilson is estimating fewer students in CSISD next year will result in a loss of $2 million in state funding.Wilson also said 60 percent of CSISD's net taxable value was in the appeal process. As of the June 17th board meeting, Wilson said successful appeals lowered CSISD's total valuation by $588 million dollars. That lowered Wilson's estimation of valuation growth from seven to 3.9 percent.Not impacted by property taxes is a separate fund controls CSISD's food service operations. The board approved Wilson's recommendation to increase student school lunch prices for the first time since 2019. Wilson said the 25 cent increase was due to the end of temporary federal grant money.Click HERE to read and download presentation materials shown at the June 16, 2026 College Station ISD school board meeting.