TISD Adopts Budget

TYLER — Tyler school trustees have adoped a new budget. At Thursday night’s meeting, the school board approved a $127,765,085 budget. They also maintains the same tax rate tax rate of $1.375 for every $100 valuation. But because of state budget cuts, no employees raises are in the new budget.

The citizen group Grassroots America – We the People expressed its overall support for the budget, saying Grassroots members are pleased the District continues to implement recommendations from the independent Staffing Analysis from 2010-2011. Grassroots also asked the Board to “really scrutinize the administrative positions dealing with academics and curriculum” and “determine whether you are getting a real return in terms of academic progress in return for what you spend on these positions.” The group additionally asked TISD “for a deep scrutiny of your C-Scope program from a cost-benefit standpoint”; applauded “the continued focus on fiscal accountability through the efforts of your internal auditor and the audit committee”; applauded the District’s management of existing debt; and expressed its appreciation for “the mature way Tyler ISD has handled the decline in state funding.”