What's Proposed

If approved by voters, Northwest ISD projects to generate at least $12 million from a successful operations funding election. Northwest ISD intends to use this funding for two areas: classroom sizes and student programs, and competitive compensation.

Use of Funds	Amount
Class Sizes & Student Programs	$8 million
Competitive Compensation	$4 million
Total:	$12 million

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Class Sizes & Student Programs: $8 Million

Reduced Class Sizes

Of the $8 million allocated for class sizes and student programs, $6 million would be used to decrease class sizes across all campus levels. Secondary schools would see the largest changes, as they received the most reductions following budget cuts for the 2025-2026 school year.

Proposed Class Size Reductions
Elementary Schools	Decrease the following grade levels from 24 students per class: Second Grade: 22 students per class Third Grade: 23 students per class Fourth Grade: 23 students per class Classes in kindergarten to second grade will remain at 22 students per class, while fifth grade will remain 25 students per class.
Middle Schools	Decrease the number of students a teacher sees per day from 180 students to 172.5 students. NISD will focus on core subjects, where some classes are projected to exceed 36 students.
High Schools	Decrease the number of students a teacher sees per day from 180 students to 172.5 students. NISD will focus on core subjects, where some classes are projected to exceed 40 students.

Proposed Class Size Reductions

Elementary Schools

Decrease the following grade levels from 24 students per class:

Second Grade: 22 students per class
Third Grade: 23 students per class
Fourth Grade: 23 students per class

Classes in kindergarten to second grade will remain at 22 students per class, while fifth grade will remain 25 students per class.

Middle Schools

Decrease the number of students a teacher sees per day from 180 students to 172.5 students. NISD will focus on core subjects, where some classes are projected to exceed 36 students.

High Schools

Decrease the number of students a teacher sees per day from 180 students to 172.5 students. NISD will focus on core subjects, where some classes are projected to exceed 40 students.

Fine Arts Staffing

If approved by voters, roughly $1 million of the $8 million for student programs would be used to restore some staffing cuts in fine arts programs. Northwest ISD plans to implement the following fine arts staffing model at middle schools:

Band: Director, assistant director
Choir: Director, assistant director
Theatre: Director
Orchestra: Director
Art: Two teachers

This model would restore some fine arts programs at the high school level, pending student interest, such as jazz band.

Maintaining Student Programs

If approved by voters, roughly $1 million of the $10 million for student programs would be used to maintain current student programs. This includes academic, athletic and fine arts programs that annually see cost increases not addressed by the state funding model.

As the state of Texas has offered minimal operations funding increases for school districts over the past six years, districts across Texas are eliminating student programs. This $1 million would be used to offset the additional costs for inflationary increases to maintain current academic, athletic and fine arts programs.

Competitive Compensation: $4 Million

Northwest ISD intends to use $4 million generated from a successful operations funding to continue providing competitive teacher and staff raises. This priority was set to retain and attract high-quality teachers and staff.

For the past decade, Northwest ISD has provided an annual teacher and staff raise while many neighboring districts have not. Continuing to provide raises and competitive compensation assists the district in retaining its current teachers and staff and recruiting new teachers and staff.