This morning a copy of what the Houston ISD has planned for its Central Office costs was posted on the Supporters of Magnet website. Poster Tracy Lisewsky concluded from this that the differences in funding for New Education System schools and those who won't have yet joined the fold can start to be determined by reading between the lines.
"Even if a school wanted to become NES, our budget doesn't allow for it. The ONLY thing we know about the budget is that there is as $450MM deficit, due to lots of reasons including the rapid expansion of NES schools." Unlike past years in HISD, there will be only one budget workshop for the board before the Board of Managers votes on the administration's plans. The district has kept any details about its plans to itself, despite repeated queries from the public and the media.
The district still intends to fund the NES programs that will be added in the next school year as well as an expansion of pre-K classes.