Budget

Adopted Budget and Budget Elements

Harris County Department of Education’s budget is an annually revised document that describes the financial performance and the detailed financial allocations made to maintain department operations for the proposed budget year.

HCDE’s annual budget for the fiscal year 2021-2022 is $154,234,536.

Fiscal Year Annual Budget

The budget reflects the allocation of revenues and expenditures to support the programs and services.

Districts in Texas are required by law to prepare annually a budget for the General Fund, the Debt Service Fund, and the Food Service Program. HCDE does not have a food service program. HCDE has a General Fund, Debt Service Fund, Special Revenue Funds, Capital Projects Fund, Internal Service Fund and Enterprise Fund. The following budget documents are the original budgets adopted by the Board of Trustees. The Business Office performs budget reviews during the year in which budget requirements are reevaluated and revisions are recommended to the Board. Budget amendments are presented each month for board approval.

HCDE has participated in the Association of School Business Officials' Meritorious Budget Award for the last seven years in a row.

HCDE also participates in the Government Finance Officers Association's Distinguished Budget Presentation Award program. HCDE has received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the past seven years.

View the FY 2020-2021 HCDE Budget Book, view the FY 2020-2021 HCDE Board Budget Book.

View the FY 2021-2022 HCDE Board Budget Book.

View the FY 2021-2022 Second Board Budget Workshop.

View the Key Dates Received from the Harris County Tax Office.

View the FY21 Budget Profile Dollars and Cents.

View the FY22 Budget Profile Dollars and Cents.

Additional Budget Documents and Archives

Financial Operations Guidelines (FOG)

Financial Operating Guidelines are an up-to-date compilation of guidelines, forms and procedures for processing financial information from HCDE divisions and Business Services employees. The Financial Operation Guidelines are reviewed and updated annually and are available in-house electronically It is unaudited but nonetheless an invaluable source of internal control and accountability information for use by the external independent auditor.

FY 2012-2013
FY 2013-2014
FY 2014-2015
FY 2015-2016
FY 2016-2017
FY 2017-2018
FY 2018-2019
FY 2019-2020

FY 2020-2021
Budget Charts
Budget Book

The budget book contains detail revenue sources and proposed expenditure information, along with tax revenue and individual line item budgets. This document is unaudited.

FY 2012-13 approved by the Board of Trustees at the June 2012 board meeting.

FY 2013-14 approved by the Board of Trustees at the June 2013 board meeting.

FY 2014-15 approved by the Board of Trustees at the July 2014 board meeting.

FY 2015-16 approved by the Board of Trustees at the July 2015 board meeting.

FY 2016-17 approved by the Board of Trustees at the June 2016 board meeting.

FY 2017-18 approved by the Board of Trustees at the July 2017 board meeting.

FY 2018-19approved by the Board of Trustees at the July 2018 board meeting.

FY 2019-20 approved by the Board of Trustees at the July 2019 board meeting.

FY 2020-2021 approved by the Board of Trustees at the July 2020 board meeting.
Board Budget Committee Workbook
Board Budget Committee Workshops
Comparable Budgets
Raw Searchable Budget

Finance

Budget

Fiscal Year Annual Budget

Additional Budget Documents and Archives

Financial Operations Guidelines (FOG)

Budget Charts

Budget Book

Board Budget Committee Workbook

Board Budget Committee Workshops

Comparable Budgets

Raw Searchable Budget