More North Texas school districts are opening enrollment to out-of-district students as a way to increase enrollment and bring in more revenue.

Mansfield ISD on Monday began accepting applications for out-of-district students as part of its Destination Mansfield program launched earlier this year.

Mansfield, like many Texas school districts, has struggled financially because of inflation, too few state education dollars, and enrollment declines. State data shows the district last year had roughly 35,300 students, down a few hundred from the year before.

“Our demographers tell us that it'll go back up here in a couple of years based on the live birth rates, but what we did have is a population shift out of the northern sector of our district,” said Deputy Superintendent Sean Scott. “So

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