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POPULAR ANNUAL
FINANCIAL REPORT
Frisco Independent School District
5515 Ohio Drive
Frisco, Texas 75035
Fiscal Year Ended
June 30, 2021
Prepared by FISD Finance
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ABOUT THE DISTRICT
EducationSpecial ProgramsExtracurricular Opportunities
Profile of the District
District GovernanceAdministrative Leadership
Administration
Financial Accomplishments
2021 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Letter from the CFO
Property TaxesRevenuesSpendingFund Balance
General Fund
Capital Projects
Debt Service
Special Revenue Funds
Annual Comprehensive FinancialReport
FISD at a Glance
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A B O U T T H E
D I S T R I C T
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STUDENT /
TEACHER
RATIO
F I S D A T A
G L A N C E
Frisco ISD is home to 42 elementary
schools, 17 middle schools, 11 high
schools, and 3 special program centers.
Our 43rd elementary school and our 12th
high school are under construction and
scheduled to open in the fall of 2022.
STAFF
Total Employees: 8,009
Teachers: 4,522
Average Teaching Experience: 10 years
Staff with Advanced Degrees: 30.5%
STUDENT DEM OGRAPHICS
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STUDENTS
Frisco ISD is the 3rd largest school
district in the Dallas/Fort Worth
metroplex and the 9th largest
district in the state of Texas.
STUDENTS
Pre-K/Early Education Students: 1,236
Elementary Students: 27,272
Middle School Students: 15,918
High Shcool Students: 21,297
Attendance Rate: 96.6%
Four-Year Graduation Rate: 98.8%
Economically Disadvantaged: 13%
Languages Served: 72
Bilingual/ESL/Alt. Language: 8%
Gifted & Talented: 12%
Special Education: 10%
STATE
ACCOUNTABILITY
RATINGA
6% Other
37% Asian
34% White
13% Hisapnic
11% Black
or African
American
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P R O F I L EOF T H EDISTRIC T
Frisco ISD is an independent public
education agency recognized by the
State of Texas to provide appropriate
educational services to students in
pre-kindergarten through twelfth
grade. Our campuses are located in
Collin and Denton Counties, and we
serve communities in Frisco, Plano,
McKinney and Little Elm.
EDU CATI ON
Frisco ISD believes nothing is more
important than hiring the best people
to work with students each day and
providing them with the best possible
support and resources. In our
classrooms, highly-qualified and
caring teachers strive to know every
child by name and need in order to
personalize each student’s educational
experience.
Curriculum is written in-house by FISD
educators to emphasize critical
thinking, writing, and problem solving.
Rigorous lessons set high standards
for achievement and challenge all
learners. Current and emerging
technology is integrated into all
content areas to extend student
learning and keep them engaged in
the process.
Our mission is to
know every student
by name and need.
Employees engage in continuous
professional learning and collaborate
with their peers in order to evaluate
and improve teaching practices and
target students’ individual goals. By
working together and supporting one
another, there is shared responsibility
for each student’s learning and
growth.
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E X T R A C U R R I C U L A R O P P O R T U N I T I E S
Frisco ISD offers art, band, cheerleading, choir, dance, drill team, orchestra and
theatre for secondary students interested in fine arts. Some schools are also home to
guitar and harp programs.
When it comes to athletics, middle school students compete in basketball, cross
country, football, soccer, tennis, track and field, and volleyball. High schools also
offer baseball, golf, powerlifting, softball, swimming and diving, and wrestling.
In addition to fine arts and athletics, a wide variety of clubs and organizations are
available at the secondary level, including both curricular and non-curricular
activities. The majority of middle and high school students are involved in some sort
of school-related activity outside of the classroom.
S P E C I A L P R O G R A M S
Special programs are provided in the District on home campuses or through
centralized programming. These include Gifted and Talented, Special Education,
ESL/Bilingual, Dyslexia, Head Start, Accelerated Reading/Math Instruction, Credit
Recovery, and GED.
The District’s Career and Technical Education Center offers more than 30 programs of
study for high school students to explore their futures, while the Student
Opportunity Center provides extra support to help struggling students reach their
maximum potential. A free full-day Pre-Kindergarten program is offered at the Early
Childhood School and eight elementary schools for qualifying families.
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D I S T R I C T G O V E R N A N C E
Frisco ISD is governed by a non-compensated, seven-member Board of Trustees who
act as the District’s policy-making body. Board members are elected at large by the
citizens in FISD to three-year, staggered terms. They not only represent the public,
but they also translate the needs of students into policies, goals, and strategies that
reflect the standards and values of the community as a whole. In addition to general
oversight and governance, Trustees are charged with calling trustee and other school
elections, adopting and amending the annual operating budget, setting the tax rate,
setting salary schedules, acting as a board of appeals for student and personnel
matters, and employing the Superintendent of Schools. Trustees work with the
Superintendent as a team of eight to set the direction of the school district with the
education and well-being of school children as their primary focus.
A D M I N I S T R A T I O N
Chad Rudy
Secretary, Place 3
René Archambault
President, Place 7
John Classe
Vice President, Place 6
Gopal Ponangi
Place 1
Natalie Hebert
Place 2
Dynette Davis
Place 4
Debbie Gillespie
Place 5
Mike Waldrip, Ed.D.
Superintendent
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A D M I N I S T R A T I V E L E A D E R S H I P
The Superintendent is supported by an administrative cabinet known in Frisco ISD as
the Instructional Support Team. Members of the Instructional Support Team, along
with other executive leaders, oversee the daily operations of the District and provide
support and guidance to our campuses and central offices.
Instructional Support Team
Other Executive Leadership
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F I N A N C I A L
A C C O M P L I S H M E N T S
Government Finance Officers
Association Certificate of
Achievement for Excellence in
Financial Reporting
Association of School Business
Officials Certificate of Excellence in
Financial Reporting
Superior Achievement under the
School FIRST (Financial Integrity
Rating System of Texas)
AA+ underlying credit rating by
Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings
Aa1 underlying credit rating by
Moody’s Investors Service
Transparency Stars from the Texas
Comptroller of Public Accounts for
Traditional Finances, Debt
Obligations, and Contracts and
Procurement
Texas Association of School
Business Officials Purchasing
Award of Merit
No material weaknesses, significant
deficiencies, or questioned costs in
the annual financial statement
audit
Frisco ISD’s Finance Department serves to
support the District’s efforts to provide the
highest quality instructional programs by
developing procedures and practices
related to budget development and fiscal
responsibility that are both effective and
efficient in meeting the goals and
objectives of the District. As part of our
efforts, we are committed to providing our
community with transparent financial
information in a format that is both easily
accessible and understandable.
Some of the Finance Department's most
notable accomplishments are listed on the
right hand of this page. In addition to
those accolades, the Government Finance
Officers Association awarded Frisco ISD
with an Award for Outstanding
Achievement in Popular Annual Financial
Reporting for our Popular Annual Financial
Report for the year ended June 30, 2019.
This award recognizes conformance with
the highest standards for preparation of
state and local government popular
reports, and criteria considered for the
award include creativity, presentation,
understandability, and reader appeal. Due
to delays created by the COVID-19
pandemic, we were unable to have the
2020 PAFR reviewed prior to this
publication. That report and this one will
both be reviewed for award prior to the
publication of next year's PAFR.
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I N F O R M A T I O N
November 8, 2021
To the Citizens of the Frisco Independent School District:
I am pleased to present to you the 2021 Popular Annual Financial Report (Popular Report). Popular
Reports are designed to summarize our financial activities in a way that's easy to understand and that
highlights some of our more notable financial accomplishments from the most recent fiscal year. Frisco
ISD is committed to financial transparency, and we are proud to present this report as one of many
tools available to help our residents and stakeholders understand how their tax dollars are spent.
This Popular Report summarizes financial activities and operating results for the 2020-2021 school year
and was generated from financial information reported in our 2021 Annual Comprehensive Financial
Report (ACFR). The ACFR is a more comprehensive document that is prepared in accordance with
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and was audited by Weaver and Tidwell, LLP, a
licensed certified public accounting firm. While the Popular Report is not separately audited, the report
is prepared using audited financial information. This report simplifies the presentation of financial
activities and omits certain disclosures required in the ACFR to provide you with a clearer and more
concise view of our finances.
The 2020-2021 school year was a year like no other. The COVID-19 pandemic forced educators and the
school districts they work for to innovate and adapt in unprecedented ways; and just when we were
getting the hang of it, Winter Storm Uri and a failing power grid attempted to derail us once again.
Despite the challenges of the past year, Frisco ISD remained steadfast in our mission to know every
student by name and need. I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the employees of Frisco
ISD who work tirelessly to navigate through every challenge thrown at them. I would also like to thank
the Frisco ISD Board of Trustees for their continued trust and prudent financial planning, which allows
us to address the needs of our students and staff without hesitation. On behalf of the FISD Business
Office, it is truly an honor to serve this world-class organization.
Kimberly Smith, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
5515 Ohio Drive
Frisco, Texas 75035
469.633.6000
www.friscoisd.org
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$ 469,668,500
17,781,580
85,303,754
6,520,666
$ 579,274,500
2018-2019
$ 464,467,483
14,386,494
123,619,347
4,663,718
$ 607,137,042
2019-2020 2020-2021
$ 476,677,622
7,864,613
133,327,814
5,271,823
$ 623,141,872
Year-Over-Year
% Change
2.6%
(45.3%)
7.9%
13.0%
2.6%
The District recognized $623.1 million in general operating revenue during the 2020-2021
fiscal year, which is a 2.6% increase in revenue from the previous year and a 7.6% increase in
revenue over the last 3 years. Normally, the annual increase in revenue would correlate with
our enrollment growth since enrollment drives the majority of our funding. This year's increase
can also be attributed to enrollment growth, but the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic makes
it difficult to compare revenues earned in the 2021 fiscal year to any other year.
Each of our major funding sources is explained in further detail on the following pages.
Local Property Taxes
Other Revenues from Local Sources
State Revenues
Federal Revenues
Total Revenues
General Operating Revenues
The General Fund, also known as the operating fund, pays for most of the daily operations of
schools and central departments within the District. Expenditures paid from this fund include
salaries and benefits, classroom supplies and equipment, extracurricular and co-curricular
activities, educational technology, utilities, routine maintenance of buildings, and
transportation, among other things.
FISD's operating revenue comes from local,
state, and federal sources. The majority of
funding in the General Fund flows through
the state's education funding formula, which
calculates both state and local revenue
entitlements.
R E V E N U E S
G E N E R A L F U N D
Local Sources 77.8%
Federal Sources 0.8%
State Sources 21.4%
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JP Morgan Chase Bank NA
Liberty Mutual Plano, LLC
Stonebriar Mall LLC
Toyota Motor North America Inc.
Capital One National Association
Blue Star HQ Inc.
BPR Shopping Center LP
Union Investment Real Estate GMBH
PPF Amli Parkwood Boulevard LLC
Gaedeke Holdings XLLTD
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Top Ten Taxpayers
Fiscal Year
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Tax Rate
$ 1.46
$ 1.46
$ 1.44
$ 1.3383
$1.3102
Taxable Value
$ 30.6 billion
$ 35.6 billion
$ 40.3 billion
$ 43.5 billion
$ 46.3 billion
Tax Levy
$ 442.0 million
$ 510.6 million
$ 568.7 million
$ 573.6 million
$ 596.3 million
% Collected to Date
100%
100%
100%
99.9%
99.3%
Property taxes, also called ad valorem taxes, are locally assessed taxes on property owned
within the boundaries of the taxing unit - in this case Frisco ISD. Everyone owning property
pays property taxes to the school district, including homeowners and business owners.
The Collin and Denton County Appraisal Districts appraise property located within FISD's
boundaries. Taxes are then levied for each $100 of assessed value, less exemptions, at the rate
set by the District. School districts in Texas set tax rates sufficient to finance local
maintenance and operations and to pay debt. FISD's 2020-2021 tax rate was $1.3102 per $100
valuation. $1.0402 of the total tax rate was used for maintenance and operations, and $0.27
was used to pay debt.
What are p r op erty t axes?
FISD levied property taxes on $46.3 billion of
taxable value for the 2020-2021 tax year.
Economic development within the City of
Frisco and surrounding areas has caused
property values in FISD to increase 164% over
the last decade. Much of that increase is due to
new commercial and housing developments,
but the continued growth and attractiveness of
Frisco as a place to live has also driven up the
value of existing property.
Ta x ab le Valu e s
P R O P E R T Y T A X E S
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Local revenue sources include property taxes, earnings on
investments, facility rentals, and other miscellaneous fees and
income. Local sources generated 77.8% of total general operating
revenue for the 2021 fiscal year. The majority of local revenue comes
from property taxes, which you as a citizen pay for educating our
students. Although our tax rate decreased by nearly 3 cents, our
property tax revenue increased by $12.2 million from 2020 to 2021
due to rising property values.
Almost all other local revenue sources were impacted by the COVID-
19 pandemic. The cancellation of many face-to-face activities
reduced athletics revenue and income from facility rentals, and the
low-interest-rate environment put a damper on our ability to
generate investment earnings. In total, revenue from local sources
(besides property taxes) fell more than 45% from 2020 to 2021.
While we anticipated a temporary decline in revenues because of the
pandemic, local revenues fell significantly short of our original
projections.
7 7 .8 %L O C A L S O U R C E S
2020 Budget 2020 Actual2021 Actual2021 Budget
$12.5M
$480.3M $476.7M
$7.9M
$464.5M$461.8M
$16.2M $14.4M
Bu dget vs. Actual Lo cal R evenu e
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2 1 .4 %
State revenues are derived from the Foundation School Program and
Available School Fund. Our portion of each is determined by the
education funding formula, which is a system of weighted allotments
for various populations of students within the District. The funding
formula is designed so that the District's property tax revenue is
considered the primary source of funding, and state aid is used to
make up the difference between taxes and our entitlement
calculated by the formula. This year, state revenues made up just
over 21% of total operating revenue.
Formula revenue is driven by enrollment, but students must be
physically present at school when attendance is taken in order to
generate funding. During the 2020-2021 school year, many families
chose to keep their children at home rather than send them to school
to limit their exposure to the COVID-19 virus. The Texas Education
Agency used temporary attendance waivers and federal aid to ensure
school districts did not lose funding when students weren't
physically present on campus.
The state funding formula is also periodically audited for data
accuracy, sometimes years after the revenue is actually generated by
a school district, and those audits often result in additional revenue
for FISD. We received $4.7 million in state revenue from prior year
audits during the 2020-2021 school year, accounting for nearly half
of the gain in state revenue compared to last year. The rest of the
gain was the result of enrollment growth and the COVID-19 "hold
harmless" funding.
S T A T E S O U R C E S
0 .8 %
Revenue from federal sources includes Medicaid reimbursements
received for providing certain health-related services to students.
2021 federal revenues made up just under 1% of total operating
revenue. Revenue for these services is paid in arrears and fluctuates
from year to year depending on the timing of receipts.
F E D E R A L S O U R C E S
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Frisco ISD spent $604.8 million in general operating funds during the 2020-2021 school year,
which represents 97% of the operating revenue collected during the year. Because of the
uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we did not budget to spend all of our available
revenue this year. On top of our planned surplus, approximately 3% of budgeted funds
remained unspent at the end of the fiscal year. Historically, the percentage that remains
unspent is closer to 2%, but conservative spending and supply chain issues (both triggered by
the pandemic), led to more money left over at the end of this year than usual.
S P E N D I N G
Ge neral Fund Spend ing by Object (t ype)
State Recapture represents local property taxes
collected in excess of the District's maximum
entitlement calculated by the state's education
funding formula. These revenues are payable to
the state to support the public education system
as a whole.
Supplies & Materials include textbooks, testing
materials, and other instructional resources, as
well as fuel for buses, supplies for the
maintenance and custodial departments, and
other general operating supplies and materials.
Payroll costs include salaries, wages, and
benefits for FISD employees.
Contracted Services include professional
services provided to the school district by
individuals, firms, utility companies, and other
organizations.
Other Operating Costs include student and
staff travel, insurance and risk management,
expenses, and other miscellaneous costs.
Payments to the City of Frisco TIRZ reflect
participation in a Tax Increment Reinvestment
Zone. Money from this zone is used to pay for
public-private partnerships with the City of Frisco.
Capital Outlay is money spent on assets like
furniture or equipment that have a useful life
longer than one year but are not provided through
the District's bond or other capital funds.
Payroll - 83.5%
Other Spending - 16.5%
Contracted Services - 7.4%
Supplies & Materials - 2.6%
Other Operating Costs - 1.5%
Capital Outlay - 0.4%
State Recapture - 0.7%
Payments to City of Frisco TIRZ - 4.7%
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District Operations include the cost of transporting students to and from school and maintaining
comfortable, clean, and safe campuses. Other operations like computer processing, data analysis, systems
development, and technical assistance are also included.
Other Expenditures include the costs necessary to run a public school system that are not directly tied to
educating students.
General Administration costs are associated with the overall general administrative support services of the
school district, including accounting, purchasing, payroll, human resources, district communications, the
centralized print shop, internal audit, the FISD Instructional Support Team, and other clerical staff at the
District's Administration Building.
Instructional Support is used to describe the management and professional support of staff who provide
educational services.
Instruction accounts for activities that directly impact student learning.
General Fund Spending by Function
Instruction (classroom)
Instructional & Media Services
Curriculum & Staff Development
Payments to Juvenile Justice Programs
$ 366,450,064
$ 6,540,156
$ 14,074,093
$ --
60.6%
1.1%
2.3%
0.0%
$ 348,085,246
$ 6,311,497
$ 12,542,301
$ 30,681
$ 312,362,215
$ 5,987,511
$ 9,870,038
$ 35,666
2020-2021 % ofTotal 2019-20202018-2019
Instructional Leadership
School Leadership
Guidance, Counseling & Evaluation Services
Social Work Services
Health Services
Co-curricular/Extracurricular Activities
$ 10,909,165
$ 35,803,103
$ 23,046,457
$ 274,222
$ 7,202,270
$ 18,180,811
1.8%
5.9%
3.8%
< 0.0%
1.2%
3.0%
$ 10,026,450
$ 34,900,930
$ 21,406,422
$ 207,193
$ 6,576,377
$ 17,099,452
$ 7,463,056
$ 31,604,561
$ 17,394,606
$ 193,601
$ 6,203,475
$ 16,602,196
General Administration $ 15,929,725 2.6%$ 14,112,405$ 10,994,089
Student Transportation
Food Services
Facilities Maintenance & Operations
Security & Monitoring Services
Data Processing Services
$ 12,616,229
$ 236,027
$ 42,753,295
$ 4,893,585
$ 8,657,419
2.1%
< 0.0%
7.1%
0.8%
1.4%
$ 14,034,400
$ 360,577
$ 40,436,585
$ 4,770,191
$ 7,467,908
$ 13,246,684
$ 28,700
$ 38,350,138
$ 3,741,441
$ 7,783,055
Community Services
Recapture
Tax Increment Fund
Other Governmental Charges
$ 968,707
$ 4,177,231
$ 28,283,215
$ 3,852,070
0.2%
0.7%
4.7%
0.6%
$ 1,128,951
$ 3,152,395
$ 27,151,041
$ 3,798,571
$ 1,013,618
$ 14,017,478
$ 25,169,882
$3,492,348
$ 573,599,573Total Expenditures 100%$ 604,847,844$ 573,599,573
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General Administration
Other Expenditures
District Operations
Instructional Support
Instruction
2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021
Fun ctional Spending b y Year
The primary use of money in the General Fund is for instruction and instructional support,
which together comprise 80% of total spending. FISD prioritizes its annual budget in a manner
that places emphasis on costs that directly support student learning and align with our mission
to know every student by name and need.
Fund balance is a measure of the District's financial position at a given point in time. Unlike a
savings account, which is generally intended to reserve money for the future, you can think of
fund balance like the balance in your checking account. Its purpose is to facilitate cash flow,
meaning we use it to pay our bills during the periods of time we aren't bringing in revenue.
Since the school year starts in August, but most of our revenue is received between December
and February when property taxes are collected, it's important for the District to maintain a
healthy fund balance.
F U N D B A LA N C E
19%
Set Aside for a
Specific Purpose
66%
Needed for Cash Flow
(25% of next year's budget)
15%
Available for a
"Rainy Day"
$249,521,421 Total General Fund Balance
The District often sets aside portions of fund balance specific purposes, including
predetermined future expenditures or contingencies for unforeseen circumstances. We also
have approximately $36 million set aside for employee retention incentives to be paid
annually for as long as funds are available.
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C A P I T A L P R O J E C T S
The Capital Projects Fund is used to account for proceeds from the sale of general obligation
bonds and other financial resources, which are used to pay for the construction and equipping
of new schools and facilities, the purchase of school sites, renovation of existing facilities, and
the purchase of school buses, classroom technology, and other equipment.
Selling bonds to finance major capital projects is like taking on a mortgage for a home. School
districts issue bonds and pay them back over the life of the assets being purchased or
constructed. School districts must seek approval from their citizens for a bond program, and
then the District issues bonds (debt) over time as projects occur.
2014 Bond Authorization
Original authorization: $775 million
Remaining unissued debt: $26 million
2018 Bond Authorization
Original authorization: $691 million
Remaining unissued debt: $314 million
Bond Proceeds
Other Financing Sources
Investment and Other Income
Spending (Capital Projects)
Net Change in Fund Balance
Capital Projects Fund
$ 151,086,282
10,000,000
2,492,555
(43,146,712)
$ 120,432,125
2018-2019
$ 75,608,052
22,500,000
2,501,749
(137,758,461)
($ 37,148,660)
2019-2020
$ 298,211,117
11,000,000
71,830
(190,148,204)
$ 119,634,743
2020-2021
2020-2021 capital projects included construction
on Emerson and Panther Creek High Schools,
Minnett Elementary School, and a new swim
practice facility. They also included 25-year
renovations at Smith and Curtsinger Elementary
Schools as well as ongoing maintenance and
technology refresh projects.
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Principal
$ 75,987,965
73,674,526
68,914,744
79,397,014
80,138,624
445,318,297
475,399,965
557,941,353
294,035,000
90,485,000
$ 2,241,292,488
Interest
$ 82,999,542
79,229,885
78,540,315
79,732,349
74,311,384
337,488,938
280,704,542
135,293,658
41,909,039
6,732,601
$ 1,196,942,253
Total
$ 158,987,507
152,904,411
147,455,059
159,129,363
154,450,008
782,807,235
756,104,507
693,235,011
335,944,039
97,217,601
$ 3,438,234,741
The Debt Service Fund accounts for the revenue for and the payment of principal and interest
on general long-term debt. As discussed in the Capital Projects section, FISD issues bonds to
provide funds for the construction and equipment of school facilities. Revenue to service that
debt is collected in the Debt Service fund and consists mainly of property taxes, along with
some investment income and state aid.
The interest and sinking (I&S) portion of the District's tax rate is the portion levied for debt
service. In November 2018, the I&S rate was lowered from $0.42 to $0.27 with an expectation
that the District would use Debt Service Fund Balance to keep the rate steady for two to five
years. The 2020-2021 I&S portion of the tax rate remained at $0.27 for the third year in a row,
as promised.
D E B T S E R V I C E
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027-2031
2032-2036
2037-2041
2042-2046
2047-2051
Fiscal Year(s)
A n nu al Debt Service
As of June 30, 2021, FISD had
$2.2 billion of tax-supported debt
outstanding, which represents
50.7% of our legal debt margin, or
the amount of debt we are legally
authorized to carry. Total debt
includes outstanding principal, as
shown below, plus future interest
due on capital appreciation bonds
and unamortized bond premiums.
Principal Interest
$83 M
$76 M
$79 M
$74 M
$79 M
$70 M
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Special Revenue Funds are used to account for resources that are legally restricted to be
spent for specific purposes. During the 2020-2021 fiscal year, FISD received $34.2 million in
special revenues from federal, state, and local sources. We spent a total of $35.8 million in
these funds during the same time period. Some of the revenue to fund this year's
expenditures was received in prior years.
Federal Programs consist of grants provided by the federal government
to supplement the education of certain student populations. $24.2
million in federal program revenues were received during the year.
Over half of the federal revenues received were related to the National
School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, which provided free meals to all
students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
State programs brought in $5.3 million in revenue during 2020-2021.
The largest state program is the State Textbook Fund, which accounts
for 78% of state special revenues. The Textbook Fund is restricted for
spending on textbooks and other instructional materials, including
technological software or equipment that contributes to student
learning.
Local special revenues consist mainly of student meal charges
accounted for in the Child Nutrition Fund, but they also include other
locally awarded grants, donations, and revenue from campus
fundraisers. $4.7 million in local special revenues was collected during
the year, 68% of which was belonged to the Child Nutrition Fund. Local
program revenues were significantly lower this year than in previous
years due to the fact that we were able to use federal aid to provide
free meals to students.
S P E C I A L R E V E N U E
4 3.8 %
FEDERALPROGRAMS
16.5 %
STATEPROGRAMS
39.7 %
LOCALPROGRAMS
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Individuals who wish to review the full disclosure financial
statements should refer to the District’s Annual Comprehensive
inancial Report available online at:
w ww .frisco isd.org/departm ents/finance/f inancial-
transparency/annual-financ ial-re ports
or by contacting the Chief Financial Officer at
5515 Ohio Drive, Frisco, Texas 75035, or 469.633.6330.
ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE
FINANCIAL REPORT
5515 Ohio Drive | Frisco, Texas 75035 | www.friscoisd.org