Fort Bend ISD face budget problems - Houston Chronicle

budget problems last year led to layoffs and reductions in transportation and other programs at the Fort Bend Independent School District. Now, a slash expected within the government again asked the officials to seek redress.

This time, agents can conduct studies assessing the costs for extracurricular activities, further reducing the number of bus routes and reduce costs for colleges and vocational programs. They are trying to determine if the changes help the endowment insurance and the health department and reduce the campus.

Tracy Hoke, District Manager for Finance, Fort Bend ISD, a $ 74,000,000 budget deficit due to less money from the face of the state.

"A drop in the household would be $ 74,000,000 Fort Bend ISD for the 2005-06 spending levels to return," said Hoke.

If this is the deficit, surgery would be the fourth consecutive year, the district with a deficit budget would stretch.

"Sixty-four million dollars is ... quite extraordinary, "said trustee Susan Hohnbaum last week at a workshop of the Board and noted that the amount would more than triple the budget deficit the district for the 2010-11 school year earlier.

For a budget deficit last year, the district has taken a series of drastic measures, lay off about 450 employees, increasing meal prices, cuts in bus routes and include the elimination of transportation services for activities after school.

The neighborhood meeting public on 3 March 8 and 10 days for residents to inform the budget problems.

Trustee Marilyn Glover said the district should be "held a not-whining and take this as an opportunity."

"We must ask our parents to support us. Just as state representatives and senators to take a hard line, I think the district needs to do that too," said Glover. "We need to ask them to come whole supports this process and arrive at very good ideas to keep open our universities. "

District leaders had proposed the closure of several schools in the very small and inefficient use of space to save money. This plan was scrapped.

Board President Sonal Bhuchar urged residents in the Legislature to increase funding for public education contacts.

Superintendent Tim Jenney leaders of other school districts in the press to end a state law that voter approval before the maintenance and operation of the property tax rate can be raised requires signatories.

In 2006, law caps, it will be valued at $ 1 per $ 100, but districts may exceed the rate of 4 cents.

Seeking a larger increase that requires voter referendum.

The director of school finance is also a change in public schools and the removal of a mandate that limits class sizes to 22 students per teacher in kindergarten through fourth grade.

zen.zheng @ chron.com