Board Approves 2026-27 Budget Including Raises for All Employees

At the June 25 Special Board Meeting, the Keller ISD’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved a $346.1 million budget in the General Fund for the District’s 2026-27 fiscal year. 

The 2026-27 budget anticipates $346.4 million in revenue, leaving a modest budget surplus of just over $300,000. Revenue received from the state is determined, in part, by the district's average daily attendance, requiring school districts to budget based on unknown attendance figures. This year, the district budgeted based on a conservative 94% attendance rate. 

Click here to view the budget overview as approved by the Board. 

Included in this year’s budget is a step increase and 1% salary increase for salary schedule employees and a 1% pay raise for all other employees. Additionally, the district increased its monthly health insurance premium benefit by $25 per month, or $300 per year. The district intends to explore the possibility of providing all staff with a one-time bonus during the school year, but administrators need additional revenue data that will become available this fall in order to determine if KISD will have the financial capacity to do so. 

To present a balanced budget to the Board of Trustees, the district cut nearly $13 million in expenditures from the previous year’s budget. This reduction in expenses will account for projected lost revenue and an increase in operational costs.

As school districts across Texas continue to face funding challenges presented by increasing fixed costs and unfunded mandates from the state, the Keller ISD’s community is encouraged to advocate for the district and public school funding by contacting your state elected officials between now and the beginning of the 90th Texas Legislature in 2027.