{"id":481779,"date":"2026-10-30T21:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T21:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/481779\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T21:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T21:52:18","slug":"texas-comptroller-review-praises-el-paso-isd-gains-flags-possible-more-staffing-cuts-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/481779\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Comptroller review praises El Paso ISD gains, flags possible more staffing cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 El Paso ISD leaders said the Texas Comptroller\u2019s Office praised the district\u2019s recent financial and operational progress during a four-day review, while warning that additional staffing adjustments may be needed as student enrollment declines.<\/p>\n<p>The review began Monday and wrapped up Thursday after interviews with district employees and campus visits, Superintendent Dr. Lusk said. <\/p>\n<p>The comptroller\u2019s team told district leaders EPISD had made \u201csignificant progress\u201d in aligning staffing with enrollment and improving its budget and finances, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The district has eliminated more than 1,100 positions since January. <\/p>\n<p>Comptroller\u2019s Office representatives said further adjustments could be necessary as enrollment trends continue, Lusk said.<\/p>\n<p>The district expects the comptroller\u2019s written report to be completed around Thanksgiving and released by the end of December. <\/p>\n<p>WATCH FULL PRESS CONFERENCE: <\/p>\n<p><p>EPISD press conference regarding Texas Comptroller visit<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED:<a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/texas-comptrollers-episd-review-seeks-budgets-payrollplus-library-curriculum-policies?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Texas Comptroller\u2019s EPISD review seeks budgets, payroll; plus curriculum policies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lusk said he was told the report would draw substantially on the district\u2019s financial position and data from prior school years, so some recent improvements may not be reflected.<\/p>\n<p>Board President Leah Hanany said the review recognized progress toward financial sustainability and the administration\u2019s cooperation. <\/p>\n<p>She also said the district still has work to do to meet students\u2019 academic needs.<\/p>\n<p>During the review, the comptroller\u2019s office requested a range of records, including information related to students. <\/p>\n<p>District leaders said EPISD provided aggregate information and did not release personally identifiable student records. <\/p>\n<p>Hanany said state-issued alternate identification numbers do not indicate whether a student has a Social Security number or reveal citizenship status.<\/p>\n<p>Asked why EPISD was selected for the review, leaders said they had not received an explanation. <\/p>\n<p>Hanany said she believed the district\u2019s public discussions about administrative staffing may have drawn attention, but said the board would remain focused on students.<\/p>\n<p>District leaders said EPISD is working toward its first balanced budget in five years and plans to hold community conversations next month. <\/p>\n<p>The board and administration said they would use the comptroller\u2019s recommendations to guide further improvements.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up <\/a>to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 El Paso ISD leaders said the Texas Comptroller\u2019s Office praised the district\u2019s recent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-481779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481779","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=481779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}