{"id":328240,"date":"2026-06-08T23:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T23:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/328240\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T23:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T23:00:12","slug":"richardson-isd-to-raise-facility-rental-custodial-fees-streamline-leasing-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/328240\/","title":{"rendered":"Richardson ISD to raise facility rental custodial fees, streamline leasing process"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRichardson ISD will raise custodial fees for organizations leasing district facilities as part of an ongoing effort to reduce<\/a> expenditures<\/a> across the district.<\/p>\n

Mike Jasso, assistant superintendent of district operations, said at the June 4<\/a> school board meeting that the district will also transition to a new facility rental platform that will streamline the leasing process.<\/p>\n

These changes will go into effect in fiscal year 2026-27, which starts July 1.<\/p>\n

What you need to know<\/p>\n

RISD will increase its custodial fee for facility users from $20 to $30 an hour. This applies to nonprofit youth sports and organizations as well as other community and commercial organizations who lease facilities on RISD campuses, including auditoriums, athletic facilities, classrooms and libraries.<\/p>\n

The fee change does not apply to school-sponsored organizations, who are typically not charged to use RISD facilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not trying to generate revenue with this cost increase,\u201d Superintendent Tabitha Branum said. \u201cIf we\u2019re going to have custodians there, we need to be able to cover the costs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also of note<\/p>\n

RISD will begin using the platform PracticePlan<\/a> for all facility rentals, which Jasso said will streamline the rental process and automate manual tasks that district staff typically cover for facility leasing.<\/p>\n

The platform also comes at no cost to the district as it charges a service fee to groups leasing the facilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will allow for a much easier digital platform for community users to understand what facilities are available, the cost [and] what dates are available,\u201d Jasso said.<\/p>\n

How we got here<\/p>\n

District staff have been evaluating expenditures across RISD in order to work toward a more balanced budget, Branum said. One of the district\u2019s significant expenditure items is overtime costs, which staff aim to cut down on through increasing the custodial fees.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis more accurately reflects our actual expenses for providing that service as we lease our facilities,\u201d Jasso said. \u201cIt ensures a cost-neutral operation, but we continue to offer our facilities out to the public.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Richardson ISD will raise custodial fees for organizations leasing district facilities as part of an ongoing effort to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[29062,2050,117287,109636,117286,18017,841,160,162,161,5810,5809,8789,154],"class_list":["post-328240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-board-of-trustees","tag-budget","tag-custodial-fees","tag-expenditures","tag-facility-rental","tag-leasing","tag-nonprofits","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-richardson-isd","tag-risd","tag-school-board","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328240","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=328240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}