Based upon the latest Statement of
Finances released by TEA on October 31st, 2011, Galena Park ISD has
a maintenance and operations budget equaling $69,523,894,
based on the compressed rate used to determine funding of this function. Of the total revenues, 59% are from the
state, 40% are local, and 1% are federal.
The monies received are allocated to fund several functions. The largest of these functions is the regular
program allotment which is used to fund regular education. The second largest allocation is used to
support the education of economically disadvantaged students, followed by an
allotment to fund special education students.
Funds allocated through Tier I (as
indicated on the Summary of Finances) generally match the allowed expenditures
listed on the AEIS report or district snapshot.
A few of the programs actually spend less, such as the regular
allotment. One item that shocks me is
the lack of expenditures tied to fund the education of students in a bilingual
or ESL program in our district. In
2009-10 GPISD spent $1.8 million dollars to fund these programs. By comparison, GPISD spent $17,277,899 to
fund special education programs in the district. What makes the funding between these two
programs interesting is the number of students.
GPISD served approximately 6,000 students in bilingual/ESL programs
while only about 9% of GPISD students are served through our special education program.
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