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HISD Board Grants Mike Miles Five-Year Contract Extension and Adopts $2.1 Billion Budget

The vote secures leadership under Miles following the TEA’s extension of its control for two more years.

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Overview

  • The HISD Board of Managers unanimously renewed Miles’s contract for five years to maintain leadership continuity through state intervention.
  • Trustees approved a $2.1 billion budget for fiscal 2026 just ahead of the July 1 deadline.
  • Earlier this month the TEA replaced four board members as part of its ongoing takeover of Texas’s largest district.
  • Preliminary STAAR results for grades three through eight showed improvements under Miles’s reform-driven approach.
  • More than 127 speakers raised transparency and accountability concerns during the meeting; full contract details will be posted online by Friday evening.