Overview

• The board passed the $1.2 billion operating budget in a near-unanimous 6-0 vote with one abstention by Natalie Blasingame.
• All 79 previously cut bus routes have been reinstated, including late-run services that left more than 33,000 students without district transportation.
• Teachers with five or more years of experience will receive $5,000 raises and those with three to four years will get $2,500, while non-teaching staff earn at least a 4% increase.
• Texas lawmakers’ $8.2 billion school funding package adds $62 million to Cy-Fair ISD, yet the district still faces a projected $45 million shortfall.
• Library staffing cuts from last year remain unaddressed and paraprofessionals say the 4% pay hike does not provide a livable wage.