Ysleta ISD Board of Trustees Meeting 9/16/26

Ysleta ISD Board of Trustees meeting, September 16, 2026: Trustees reviewed the district’s financial position and procurement-related spending. The administration said $63.2 million in payroll tax loans had been drawn and was dedicated to payroll. Maintenance tax notes were expected to be sold later, potentially during the winter break; the related spending plan includes previously discussed HVAC upgrades and buses, while turf-field work and urgent repairs were also mentioned. A trustee requested a campus-by-campus accounting of expenditures. The board also reviewed an efficiency audit prepared by Moak Casey as part of the process leading to a voter-approval tax rate election; the presentation cited declining enrollment, lower per-student revenues than peer and state averages, and higher payroll expenditures. No contract award was identified.

The board approved the consent agenda, which included a first-quarter library book purchase approval, by a 4–0 vote. It separately approved a donation valued at $21,500 from Prisms of Reality for 30 Pico 4 Ultra virtual-reality headsets for the Curriculum and Instruction Department, by a 5–0 vote. The district said the headsets would be put into classroom use, likely beginning at middle schools. The meeting also included discussion of Proposition A/VATRE funding, but no vote on that measure was recorded.