Round Rock ISD faces $14M deficit, burdens from unfunded state laws

ROUND ROCK, TX (KXAN) —  Round Rock Independent School District explained that pressure from state unfunded mandates has put them in the red by $14.5 million for the 2017- 2018 school year.
This summer, district administrators are crunching the budget numbers to plan for the upcoming year while coping with the failure of the recent bond proposal. While the bond funds are unrelated to the money that is allocated in the budget (the bonds’ failure won’t impact the 2017-2018 b