Traditional Finances - Summary

The District operates on a fiscal year beginning July 1 and ending June 30.  Budget planning is an integral part of overall program planning.  The budget reflects the District’s programs and activities and provides the resources to implement them. In the budget planning process, general educational goals, specific program goals, and alternatives for achieving program goals are considered, as well as input from the District and campus-level planning and decision-making committees.

The adopted budget provides the authority to expend funds for the purposes indicated and in accordance with state law, Board policy and the District’s purchasing procedures.  The expenditure of funds must be in accordance with the adopted budget.

Link to 2022-23 Information

• Annual Report of Certain Financial and Local Debt Information FYE June 30, 2024

• Annual Report of Certain Financial and Local Debt Information FYE June 30, 2023

• Annual Report of Certain Finance & Local Debt Information FYE June 20, 2022

• Annual Report of Certain Financial & Local Debt Information FYE June 30, 2021

• Annual Report of Certain Financial & Local Debt Information - FYE June 30, 2020

• Annual Report of Certain Financial & Local Debt Information (FYE June 30, 2019)

• Annual Report of Certain Financial and Local Debt Information - FYI June 30, 2018

• Annual Report of Certain Financial and Local Debt Information -FYE June 30, 2017

• Annual Report of Certain Financial & Local Debt Information - FYE June 30, 2016

BISD Finance Department Contacts

• Katie Bowman - Associate Superintendent for Finance

   Email Katie Bowman

   

  Dr. Missy Glenn - Executive Director of Finance/Federal Programs

  Email Missy Glenn

   

  Alice Hamrick - Director of Accounting

  Email Alice Hamrick

   

  Shelley Freeman - Director of Purchasing

  Email Shelley Freeman

The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts’ website is built with customers in mind. The tools you use most are just a click or tap away, allowing you to quickly file and pay taxes, search for unclaimed property, find state purchasing information and much more.

> Visit Comptroller.Texas.Gov Website

Efficiency Audit Report

Each year school districts must have their annual financial and compliance report audited by an independent auditor.  The resulting annual financial and compliance report must then be submitted to TEA for review. 

The Texas Public Information Act gives the public the right to request access to government information.

Making a Request 
The Act is triggered when a person submits a written request to a governmental body. The request must ask for records or information already in existence. The Act does not require a governmental body to create new information, do legal or other research, answer questions, or explain district decisions.

Charges to the Requestor 
A person may ask to view the information, obtain copies of the information, or both. If a request is for copies of information, the governmental body may charge for the copies. If a request is only for an opportunity to inspect information, then usually the governmental body may not impose a charge on the requestor. However, under certain limited circumstances a governmental body may impose a charge for access to information. All charges imposed by a governmental body for copies or for access to information must comply with attorney general rules, unless another statute authorizes an agency to set its own charges.

Costs for Public Information Requests

> View details on reproduction costs for public information requests.

Public Records Request Forms

The requestor may complete the District's Public Records Request form most applicable to their request (click one of the links below), or submit any other written documentation that provides the requestor’s name, address, email address, telephone number and a clear description of the documents requested.

• View General Information Request Form
• View Employee Data Release Form
• View Student Data Release Form

All Public Information Requests for school district records must be filed with the Communications Department. 
A request may be submitted in writing in one of four ways:

1. Personally deliver written requests to the District's Administration Building. The request will then be delivered to the Communications Department.
   
   Birdville ISD Communications Dept.
   Administration Building
   6125 E. Belknap St.
   Haltom City, TX 76117
    
2. Mail requests to:
   Public Information Request (Attn: Communications)
   Birdville ISD 
   6125 E. Belknap St.
   Haltom City, TX 76117
    
3. Fax requests to 817-547-5537,  ATTN: Public Information Request
    
4. Email requests to publicinformationreq@birdvilleschools.net.
   Please include “Public Records” in the subject line.

 For additional information on the Texas Public Information Act, visit the Texas Attorney General's website.

> View 2024-25 Non-Business Days for Public Information Requests

> View 2025-26 Non-Business Days for Public Information Requests

Property Tax Information 
Visit Texas.gov/Property Taxes to find a link to your local property tax database on which you can easily access information regarding your property taxes, including information regarding the amount of taxes that each entity that taxes your property will impose if the entity adopts its proposed tax rate. Your local property tax database will be updated regularly during August and September as local elected officials proposed and adopt the property tax rates that will determine how much you pay in property taxes.

A property owner may request from the county assessor-collector or the person who assesses taxes for the county, contact information for the assessor for each taxing unit in which the property is located, who must provide the information described to the owner on request.

               Wendy Burgess, Tax Assessor-Collector, Tarrant County
               100 E. Weatherford Street
               Fort Worth, TX  76196
               817-884-1100

Instructions for subscribing for TNT updates as taxing units update information:

1. Navigate to https://tarranttaxinfo.com in your web browser
2. Search for a property
3. Click view
4. Click “Subscribe to Notifications” button located in the top right hand corner or the page. Enter your information, agree to receive email notifications, click confirm

Tax Rate Information

• For the 2024 tax year, Birdville ISD’s Board of Trustees adopted a Maintenance & Operations tax rate of $0.7892 and a Debt Service tax rate of $0.4139, which is a total tax rate of $1.2031. ($.07 less than the tax rate for 2023)

   Due to lower interest rates, increases in valuation and prudent financial decisions by the District, the debt service tax rate is 1.35 cents less than what was told to voters in 2014. In addition, since 2014, the Board has approved prepayment of more than $18.465 million of bond principal saving taxpayers more than $11.8 million in interest payments.  

Tax Rate History