GCISD is projected to lose $30 million dollars this year to Robin Hood recapture. It has lost over $1 billion dollars to Austin since recapture began in GCISD.
Besides state-mandated "Robin Hood" recapture payments, GCISD's funding decline is primarily tied to a decline in student enrollment.
More students = more money; fewer students = less money.
Expanded enrollment, passed a VATRE, added bus advertising, gained a corporate sponsorship with Baylor Scott & White, added long-term cell tower leases, continued pursuit of grant funding, implemented a tax return option (as requested by taxpayers), and more.
The number one cost for any school district, and most businesses, is personnel. GCISD has reduced 146 full-time positions through natural turnover since the 2022-23 school year.
Fewer students have been enrolling in GCISD schools for more than a decade. At some point it becomes really obvious when schools are barely over half full.
GCISD administrators are committed to keeping all current GCISD employees in the district who wish to stay. The number of employees who retire, move, or transfer every year is less than the number of employees who would be displaced by consolidations.
The State is not going to give us the money we need.
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