FY25 Budget: Investing to Address Community Needs
This Saturday, the Alamo Colleges District Board of Trustees approved the Alamo Colleges District's 2024-2025 revenue budget of $811.3 million, which includes an operating budget of $528 million.
This funding supports multiple investments into student-focused strategies, retention of our high-quality talent, and sustainability of core services.
All these efforts align with the District’s moonshot of partnering to end poverty through education and training, ultimately contributing to the development of the future workforce by removing barriers and promoting access for underserved populations.
These investments support an enrollment of nearly 77,000 students for the upcoming academic year, along with our AlamoPROMISE program, which now is offered Bexar County-wide, and AlamoBOOKS+.
The approved budget supports 996 full-time faculty members and 2,126 full-time staff, all while keeping the increased national inflation rate in mind, and it positions the Alamo Colleges for continued growth.
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Significant enhancements that will support student success across the District include:
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Student-Focused Strategies
AlamoPROMISE
$5M Investment The Alamo Colleges District proudly offers AlamoPROMISE to graduating high school students across Bexar County; this includes 73+ schools and programs across all Bexar County public school districts, charter, private, and home schools. As a result of an expanded level of service, the program is available to an estimated 22,000 high school seniors. The Alamo Colleges District anticipates serving 12,645 Promise Scholars (new and continuing) in Fall 2024-Spring 2025. This academic year, the program will begin exploring the expansion of AlamoPROMISE-to-AlamoU and an enhancement of the AlamoPROMISE endowment. |
AlamoBOOKS+
$22M Investment Access to educational materials should not be a barrier to college access or successful completion. The launch of AlamoBOOKS+ addressed the 48% of students who cite the cost of textbooks as an obstacle. The ACD Board of Trustees approved $22 million for this dual-investment strategy with students and expanded it to include high school programs students, ensuring the sustainability of the program and providing students with the necessary tools for success. |
AlamoU
$1.3M Investment By offering bachelor's degrees, the Alamo Colleges District aims to empower our students to thrive in competitive job markets and make meaningful contributions to their respective fields. Earlier this year, the District announced AlamoU Bachelor Programs across all of our five colleges: San Antonio College, Palo Alto College, St. Philip’s College, Northwest Vista College, with an upcoming degree program in development at Northeast Lakeview College. AlamoU Bachelor Programs is a strategic response to the burgeoning demands of various industries, particularly in nursing, operations management, cybersecurity, and cloud computing. Recognizing the evolving landscape of workforce requirements across the community, the Alamo Colleges District has taken steps to equip students with the necessary skills to excel in high-wage, high-demand fields with affordable tuition. Students interested in pursuing AlamoU Bachelor Programs will experience a seamless, cost-efficient transition into a four-year degree with no credit loss. |
Advocacy
$2M Investment Advocacy Centers at each of our five colleges provide our learners with fundamental resources as part of a district-wide commitment to student well-being and success. Our advocacy centers help meet learners' physical, mental, and emotional health needs, equipping them to thrive in their studies, build meaningful relations, and effectively navigate life in college and beyond. The approved investment will allow for sustained wraparound services, including case managers, a continued partnership with the San Antonio Food Bank and UT Health San Antonio’s Wellness 360, and emergency aid. |
Talent Strategies
All enhancements and the core programs and services need talent to operate and succeed. The Board expressed their goal of competitive employee compensation in the Board Charges to the Chancellor with an organizational goal to build an employee compensation program that is competitive among nationally recognized, high-performing community colleges. Their commitment to retain employees and remain competitive is clear in the following talent strategies that are scheduled to begin on September 1, 2024:
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Core Services
In addition to the investments in student success and talent, the Board also invested in core services to support the following:
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Instructional Delivery Academic Support
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Student Services College & ACCESS departmental expenses
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Fringe Benefits & Enterprise-wide costs
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