Katy ISD Plans Staffing Reduction

Katy ISD officials told the board the district’s projection shows a potential net impact of 106 positions and an $11 million reduction in total revenue, according to CFO Christopher J. Smith. (communityimpact.com ) Staffing and payroll account for roughly 89% of the district’s general operating fund, the district’s CFO reported. (communityimpact.com ) Katy ISD’s published ratios show a 14-to-1 student-to-teacher ratio and a 7-to-1 staff-member-to-student ratio, while secondary classroom ratios rose from 24-to-1 to 25-to-1 in district reporting. (communityimpact.com ) The board’s next Regular Board Meeting is set for March 30, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. at the Katy ISD Education Support Complex, with staffing and employee contracts listed among agenda items. (myneighborhoodnews.com ) By contrast, the district approved a plan to add 262 staff for the 2025–26 school year after earlier years’ larger asks, illustrating a swing from recent hiring growth to this year’s contraction. (communityimpact.com ) District officials noted a March 13 homestead-exemption letter that could adjust the budget by about $10 million and pointed to a 2023 property value audit and underspending as factors that may help address a health-care shortfall that included roughly $238,000 in daily health-claim spending. (communityimpact.com ) Katy ISD’s financial-services pages list district-wide annual expenditure budgets at about $1.468 billion and revenue budgets at about $1.429 billion, framing the staffing discussion within the district’s overall budget scale. (katyisd.org ) District leadership said they will continue reviewing budget projections through spring and summer with a public budget-and-tax-rate hearing planned for August. (communityimpact.com )