College Station ISD's first FY 26 budget discussion includes correcting the governor & possible campus boundary changes

This podcast contains comments from the February 18, 2025 College Station ISD school board meeting.February's meeting of the College Station ISD school board included the first discussion of developing the budget for the 2025-2026 school year.Comments from superintendent Tim Harkrider included correcting the governor on how much state money CSISD receives. Harkrider said CSISD receives an average of $10,400 dollars per student, not $15,300 as the governor recently said. Harkrider said he would welcome the higher number, which would provide CSISD an additional $65 million dollars.Dr. Harkrider also said administrators are considering applications for out of district transfers to generate more state money. He pointed out this would require parents to apply to register their children. If approved, those students would be assigned to a specific campus.Associated with the idea of out of district transfers, is the consideration of changing campus boundaries of CSISD elementary, intermediate, and middle schools. Harkrider said administrators would be meeting with demographers starting in March. Any recommendations to change boundaries would come to the board this October or November. Any changes would not take effect until the 2026-2027 school year. And Harkrider emphasized they are not considering changing CSISD high school boundaries.