Property Tax

Lorena: Voters show up in force to save school with tax hike
TRE: LORENA - In the face of looming school closings and jobs cuts, the City of Lorena put a tax increase in the hands of voters Thursday night and it passed resoundingly 795 to 244. There was no lack of enthusiasm behind voting, News Channel 25 was told this was the biggest turnout people have ever seen there. Lines out the door while polls were already closed at 7p.m. The last voter cast their ballot at 8:30 that night. [ View Article ] Sep 3, 2010, 08:39

TX: Low tax collections make budget shortfall worse
The state's 2010 fiscal year ended this week. Finally. [ View Article ] Sep 3, 2010, 08:31

Counties Worry Cuts Lead to Unfunded Mandates
Related to Counties but applicable to schools - State lawmakers facing an estimated $18 billion budget shortfall will soon wield their knives, but who or what will sustain deep cuts? As Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, county officials are among those waiting to see how the legislative slice-and-dice could affect things back home — and they're particularly nervous about unfunded mandates. [ View Article ] Sep 3, 2010, 08:06

Celina: Tax Ratification Election Day Voting
Voting on Election Day, Sept. 4 will take place at the Celina ISD Administration office. Cub Scout event Cub Scout Pack 296 invites any boy in first grade to fifth grade to come to a Cub Scout meeting on the Celina Elementary School cafeteria from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sept. 2. Learn about joining the Cub Scouts. Celina Newcomers coffee Celina Newcomers will hold a coffee from 10 a.m. to noon at the Texas Star Bank. Celina City The group meets every fourth Thursday. For information visit the Celina Newcomers Web site at www.celinanewcomers.com . [ View Article ] Sep 2, 2010, 08:33

Orangefield: OISD approves budget, tax rate, pay increase
The Orangefield Independent School District approved its proposed budget for the coming school year and its new tax rate during Monday's school board meeting. According to Philip Welch, Orangefield ISD superintendent, the Board of Trustees approved a budget of $14.5 million for the 2010-2011 school year. [ View Article ] Sep 2, 2010, 07:49

Hedley: HISD holds line on tax rate
A public hearing for the Hedley Independent School District lasted for nearly an hour Monday night as school trustees debated the need to raise the tax rate by one penny. Enterprise publisher Roger Estlack, the only member of the public at the meeting, asked some basic questions about the school's proposed 2010-2011 budget, which Superintendent Eric Hough said totaled $1.679 million compared to $1.767 million for the current budget. [ View Article ] Sep 2, 2010, 07:41

Jacksonville: ISD passes budget, tax rate
Jacksonville Independent School District Board of Trustees has passed both its budget and an ordinance to adopt a new tax rate for the 2010-2011 school year. School officials stated the tax rate of $1.13, $1.04 in maintenance and operations and $.09 in interest and sinking, was passed along with the $33,474,939 budget during the regular board meeting [ View Article ] Sep 2, 2010, 07:40

Shepherd ISD votes to increase property taxes by one percent
The Shepherd ISD (SISD) board of trustees voted to increase the property tax rate at their Monday, August 30, meeting.The newly adopted tax rate will raise the Maintenance and Operation tax rate by 1 percent to $1.03. The Interest and Sinking rate will be set at $0.33.This year's total property tax rate for SISD will be $1.36 per $100 of valuation. [ View Article ] Sep 2, 2010, 07:39

Aldine: Tax ratification election voted down
TRE: Voters in Aldine ISD went to the polls on Tuesday, Aug. 31, and voted down the district’s tax ratification election. The measure was defeated as 682 voted against it and 439 voted for it. Sep 1, 2010, 08:41

Marfa ISD proposes tax increase
TRE: MARFA - Marfa school board members voted Monday night to propose a maintenance and operation tax rate of $1.17, a potential increase that will get a public hearing at a meeting scheduled on August 30. A school board vote at that meeting to approve the proposed increase would trigger a tax ratification election, to be held at an undetermined date in late autumn. At a similar meeting last year, trustees ultimately decided not to adopt a tax increase, keeping the current M&O rate of $1.04. Taxes were last raised in 2005. [ View Article ] Sep 1, 2010, 08:34

Sweetwater passes tax referendum; teachers to get immediate raise
Voters overwhelmingly passed a property tax referendum for the Sweetwater Independent School District, which means teachers will get an immediate pay raise. The tax approval will give a healthy boost to the district budget, which is set for approval at a school board meeting tonight. The new fiscal year begins Sept. 1. The tax rate passed 278 to 16, said Superintendent Terry Pittman. [ View Article ] Sep 1, 2010, 08:30

Mission school district approves tax increase, budget deficit
The Mission school board unanimously approved a 2 cent increase in the property tax rate Tuesday, bumping it up to $1.30 per $100 of assessed valuation. [ View Article ] Sep 1, 2010, 07:48

Harts Bluff ISD approves tax rate
After a short public hearing and a posted special meeting, with no public comment, on the proposed 2010-2011 operating budget and the proposed tax rate for the 2010 tax year n including a presentation on the 2010-2011 Title I Expenditures - the Harts Bluff Independent School District (HBISD) Board of Trustees adopted an ordinance Monday setting 2010-11 tax rate of $1.04 per $100, and approved the 2010-11 budget. [ View Article ] Sep 1, 2010, 07:47

Copperas Cove: CCISD board OKs 3.5-cent tax increase
The Copperas Cove Independent School District board of trustees levied a 3.5-cent increase in a portion of the property tax rate by a 4-3 vote during a called meeting Monday night. Board members Mike Wilburn, Bob Weiss and Inez Faison voted against the interest and sinking tax rate increase from a 14-cent tax rate per $100 of property valuation to 17.70 cents. [ View Article ] Sep 1, 2010, 07:45

District To Hold Public Tax Forum
Bullard Independent School District will host a community forum tonight regarding the upcoming tax ratification election. The forum, scheduled for 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Bullard High School Audry B. Owens Auditorium, will give residents a chance to ask questions about the election, which is Sept. 18. [ View Article ] Sep 1, 2010, 07:45

Celeste ISD looking for tax increase
Officials with the Celeste ISD are asking voters to approve a 13 cent increase is the district's property tax rate is a September 18th election. Early voting begins Wednesday. [ View Article ] Aug 31, 2010, 08:38

Early voting begins in Lewisville, Coppell school tax elections
TRE: The Lewisville and Coppell school districts are asking voters to approve tax rate increases next month. Officials in both districts say the increases are needed to help defray projected budget deficits for the coming year. Early voting began Monday for the Lewisville school district's Sept. 14 election. Residents will be voting on a 2-cent increase in the tax rate that will be applied to maintenance and operations costs. The district, with more than 50,000 students, is facing a projected $22 million budget shortfall this year. To offset the deficit, the Lewisville school board decided to take $15.6 million from its $100 million fund balance, the district's savings account. [ View Article ] Aug 31, 2010, 08:38

San Angelo ISD may be able to cut school tax rate
SAN ANGELO, Texas — The San Angelo Independent School District may be able to reduce the debt service portion of the local tax rate by 3 or 4 cents a year earlier than any reduction was expected. Jeff Bright, assistant superintendent for business and support services, said Monday the district received notice of preliminary approval for funding through a Instructional Facilities Allotment program from the Texas Education Agency. The SAISD Board of Trustees had expected to approve a tax rate $1.3525 per $100 property valuation, unchanged from the past year, at a special meeting tonight. On a typical home valued at $100,000, the rate meant a homeowner would pay $879.13 for the school tax, after $35,000 in state homeowner exemptions. [ View Article ] Aug 31, 2010, 08:33

Keller schools considering tax vote
School officials are looking into the possibility of calling a tax ratification election next June to counter falling property tax revenues and to avoid another multimillion-dollar deficit like the $5.6 million the district faced for the current budget year. [ View Article ] Aug 31, 2010, 08:01

Gladewater tax ratification election passes
GLADEWATER ? Voters decided Saturday that Gladewater ISD needed more local tax revenue ? about $1.2 million more in state and local revenue ? and approved a Tax Ratification Election calling for a $1.17 per $100 valuation tax rate in 2010-2011 ? 13 cents more than last year. Just 84 votes proved to be the difference. Early votes appeared to be the key with 142 voting for and 64 against, while Saturday's voting was close with 67 for and 61 against. In all, 334 votes were cas [ View Article ] Aug 30, 2010, 08:39

Tax measures pass in Aledo, Castleberry school districts
Voters in the Aledo and Castleberry school districts overwhelmingly approved tax measures Saturday. It was Aledo's second attempt in nine months to redistribute its tax rate from one fund to another to get more money to operate schools. Voters in the district had defeated the tax ratification in November. "We did a better job of getting the information out about school financing this time," Superintendent Don Daniel said. "We had a citizens advisory committee that put its heart and soul into explaining the election." Unofficial election-night results showed that 88 percent of voters approved the measure. The tally was 1,834-241. The district's total tax rate -- $1.4252 per $100 of assessed property valuation -- would have stayed the same regardless of the vote's outcome. [ View Article ] Aug 30, 2010, 08:38

La Vega school district to hold tax rate election to approve a 'tax swap'
The La Vega school board is raising the tax rate for 2010-11. But, if voters approve the full increase in an Oct. 2 election, officials vow to immediately cut that increase in half. The La Vega Independent School District tax rate will rise 13 cents, from $1.23 to $1.36 per $100 valuation, so the district can pay on the debts from a 2009 bond issue. The board is asking taxpayers to approve an added 13-cent increase, for a total tax rate of $1.49. But officials say they have no intention to levy those extra 13 cents. It’s a move to change how tax revenue is divvied up and will earn the district more money from the state, said Al Bishop, La Vega ISD deputy superintendent for personnel and administration. Administrators are calling it a tax swap, and they know it’s confusing. [ View Article ] Aug 30, 2010, 08:05

Foreclosures cited in appraisals lawsuit
As foreclosures continue to climb in the region, a dozen homeowners are suing the Fort Bend County appraisal district for allegedly violating a new state law that mandates foreclosures be included in assessing the value of their homes for taxes. The law, effective this year, was pushed by lawmakers who feared appraisers were ignoring foreclosures to protect the tax base of government entities. There's untold money at stake in appraisals, authorities say, as foreclosures continue a steep rise. Fort Bend, Montgomery and Harris counties have seen a 25 percent increase in foreclosures over the first eight months of this year, compared with the same period in 2009, according to data provided by Harris County chief appraiser Jim Robinson. The number of foreclosures increased by 1,764 to 8,898. [ View Article ] Aug 27, 2010, 08:31

New Caney: NCISD approves 6-cent tax hike
NEW CANEY – New Caney Independent School District property owners will be paying a bit more in taxes for the district’s 2010-11 fiscal year. [ View Article ] Aug 27, 2010, 08:31

Port Arthur: Tax rate hike for PAISD
Trustees in Port Arthur ISD adopted a balanced budget while setting a tax rate slightly higher than the previous year on Thursday. The $1.37 per $100 valuation is 3 cents higher than the 2009-2010 rate of $1.33 per $100 valuation. Superintendent Johnny Brown explained the effect the new rate would have on homeowners; a home valued at $50,000 would see an additional ... [ View Article ] Aug 27, 2010, 07:50

TJC Board OKs 4-Cent Rate Hike
In the wake of speeches that both praised Tyler Junior College for its work in the community and decried its fiscal management, trustees approved unanimously a 4-cent tax rate increase. [ View Article ] Aug 27, 2010, 07:50

Mt. Vernon: MVISD increases new budget but maintains tax rate
School board members, Monday, approved a new budget of $12,500,432, an increase of $168,631 over last years, and voted to maintain the same tax rate for the 2010-2011 school year of $1.17674 per $100. [ View Article ] Aug 27, 2010, 07:48

Lubbock: LISD board sets $220 million budget, keeps same tax rate
The Lubbock Independent School District board of trustees approved a combined budget of almost $220 million for the 2010-2011 fiscal year and maintained the same tax rate the district has had for the past two years Thursday at the school board’s regular monthly meeting [ View Article ] Aug 27, 2010, 07:47

Birdville district raises tax rate by 2 cents
The Birdville school board unanimously approved a 2-cent tax rate increase Thursday night to cover debt service on a 2006 bond program. [ View Article ] Aug 27, 2010, 07:45

Lufkin ISD OKs budget, sets tax rate
The Lufkin Independent School District board of trustees unanimously approved the district's 2010-11 budget Thursday night. [ View Article ] Aug 27, 2010, 07:45

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