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Money Matters issue no. 3

Posted Date: 02/13/26 (10:23 AM)


In this third issue of our school finance series, we first delve into the cost of recapture. Also, we examine how attendance and weighted funding impact the district’s entitlement, which ultimately decides whether recapture is applicable.
A document titled 'MONEY MATTERS' discusses school finance in Calhoun County ISD, featuring a bar graph of recapture costs from 2015-2025.
A document titled 'The Two-Fold Importance of Student Attendance' with text and charts.Infographic comparing school funding based on attendance rates, showing a loss of over $1.15 million with 94.5% attendance.
Infographic explaining Texas's Weighted Average Daily Attendance (WADA) funding model, showing a scale balancing ADA and WADA.
Infographic illustrating the flow from Average Daily Attendance (ADA) to Weighted Average Daily Attendance (WADA), Entitlement, and Recapture in school funding.