Community Action Network (CAN) is a volunteer group of Coppell ISD parents and neighbors. We learn how our schools are funded, share the facts, and put our time and skills to work for every student.
Texas sends part of the local property tax that Coppell ISD families pay for school operations to the state. That is called recapture. At the same time, every adopted general-fund budget since 2018-19 has planned a deficit, actual results have run in deficit since 2023-24, and enrollment is projected to decline.
Funding formulas are set in Austin, and budgets are set at public board meetings. CAN helps parents understand the numbers and show up when it counts.
Advocacy & Education
Explain how school funding works and speak up to trustees and state lawmakers.
Sponsorship & Fundraising
Bring alumni, neighbors and local businesses behind the CISD Education Foundation.
Parent Recruitment
Help families in our area discover Coppell ISD and enroll.
Community Expertise
Lend professional skills to district committees and student career exploration.
CISD board meetings: monthly, Mondays at 6:00 pm. The next regular meeting date was not yet posted on BoardBook as of Nov 10, 2026. How to speak at a board meeting.
Trustees hear the steering committee’s progress and can discuss the bond’s direction.
Attend or watch, and check BoardBook for the agenda.
Confirmed A public board meeting.
Committee schedule, Meeting #2 presentationComing soon CAN’s bond explainer
The co-chairs present what the committee recommends the bond should include.
Attend or watch the board meeting; this is the first look at the recommended package.
Confirmed On the committee’s schedule.
Committee schedule, Meeting #2 presentationSchool funding formulas are set in Austin.
Find your state representative and senator.
Texas Legislature OnlineIt recommends the repair-and-replace plan a 2027 bond could fund.
Watch for the report and the board’s response.
Confirmed Deadline set in the board’s charge to the committee, approved 7-0 on Jul 27, 2026.
Board charge to the committeeA CEF fundraising event; CEF funds grants for CISD classrooms.
Buy tickets or sponsor through CEF.
Confirmed On CEF’s 2026-27 calendar.
CISD Education FoundationThe district’s own deadline to call a May 1 bond election; state law requires an election to be ordered at least 78 days ahead.
Watch the board agenda.
Confirmed On the district’s bond timeline. The board has not called an election.
District bond timeline, Meeting #2 presentationCEF’s yearly recognition event, listed on its 2026-27 calendar.
Check CEF’s site for details and ways to sponsor.
Confirmed On CEF’s 2026-27 calendar of events.
CISD Education Foundation calendarThe district’s planning timeline targets May 1, 2027 for a bond election, if the board calls one.
Watch the board’s January and February agendas for any election order.
Not called As of Nov 10, 2026, the board has not called an election.
The Feb 12 deadline to call a May 1 election has passed. Check BoardBook for whether the board ordered one.
Apr 27, 2026 board presentation (bond timeline)Nothing in the next few weeks here. Check Coppell ISD board meetings on BoardBook.
From public board records: the 2027 Bond Steering Committee is meeting, 2023-bond design proposals for Austin and Cottonwood Creek elementaries were on the October agenda, and the Legislature returns in January.
The board holds a public workshop on the bond on Monday, Nov 30, at 5:30 pm. Speak at a board meeting before the board decides, by Feb 12, whether to call the election. See Key Dates for what’s next. How to have a say.
Gifts go straight to the foundation, not to CAN. How to give to CEF.
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