{"id":271886,"date":"2026-04-29T21:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/271886\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T21:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:17:11","slug":"allen-isd-board-to-consider-staff-compensation-increases-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/271886\/","title":{"rendered":"Allen ISD board to consider staff compensation increases in May"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAllen ISD officials are nearing the finish line for approving the 2026-27 school year budget with one more factor to consider in May.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s happening?<\/p>\n

Officials intend to bring a 2% compensation increase for district staff to the Allen ISD board of trustees for consideration at a May 11 workshop meeting, said Kyle Penn<\/a>, assistant superintendent of business and technology. That will be the last \u201cbig determining factor\u201d for the upcoming school year budget, he said.<\/p>\n

Penn presented another budget update during an April 27 board meeting<\/a>. Board Vice President Bill Parker said he would like to see how a 2% increase and a 2.5% increase would affect the budget. He said he would like it if the board came prepared for action at its May 11 workshop.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important that our teachers, before they go on break, have an idea of what their compensation package for next year is going to look like,\u201d Parker said.<\/p>\n

A closer look<\/p>\n

Allen ISD officials are currently projecting $221.3 million in revenue and $224.5 million in expenses, according to Penn\u2019s presentation. That picture can change after board members discuss and act on any potential compensation increases in May, however.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur expense side right now is sitting at $224.5 million as is with no adjustments to compensation,\u201d Penn said.<\/p>\n

Expenses typically increase by $1.5 million for every 1% increase in compensation, according to Penn\u2019s presentation.<\/p>\n

The district does have access to supplemental funds that can be transferred into the budget if needed, he said. In previous years, Allen ISD has \u201chistorically\u201d underspent on expenses as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll have conservative projected variances on the expense side of savings,\u201d Penn said. \u201cMeaning we don\u2019t ever spend every dollar, every position is not filled all year and we normally save a significant amount on the expense side.\u201d<\/p>\n

District officials are currently projecting an $850,000 reduction to the fund balance at the end of the next school year. That could be covered by savings from this current year\u2019s budget, though, Penn said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re doing as much as we can to help level this thing out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Another detail<\/p>\n

The district can control expenses a lot easier than revenue, Penn said. Revenue is driven by student enrollment, which is projected to continue declining at Allen ISD<\/a> over the next six years.<\/p>\n

Personnel costs are the district\u2019s largest, and officials are looking at adjusting and absorbing positions, Penn said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things I just want to highlight is everyone that is in Allen ISD will continue to have a job even through those restructures,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve not been in a spot where somebody is out of a role.\u201d<\/p>\n

District officials are also considering inflationary pressures for nonpersonnel costs such as fuel and property insurance, Penn said.<\/p>\n

Looking ahead<\/p>\n

The board is expected to consider compensation increases at a May 11 workshop meeting. District officials then expect to present a finished budget to the board during a May 26 meeting.<\/p>\n

A public notice about the budget will be posted in June prior to board consideration and approval, Penn said. Tax rate adoption is expected to come in August after the district receives certified taxable values from the Collin Central Appraisal District.<\/p>\n

Parker said he was proud of the job that district officials have done regarding the budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have a lot of control on the revenues but we do a really good job on the expenses,\u201d he said.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Allen ISD officials are nearing the finish line for approving the 2026-27 school year budget with one more…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[55674,56070,101077,79161,55671,55675,101078,160,162,161],"class_list":["post-271886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-allen-education-news","tag-allen-isd","tag-allen-isd-2026-27-budget","tag-allen-isd-budget-news","tag-allen-isd-news","tag-education-news-in-allen","tag-news-at-allen-isd","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}