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Duncanville ISD board adopts 2025 tax rate, board says average homeowner likely to pay less
Summary
The Duncanville ISD Board of Trustees adopted a $1.1057 tax rate for the 2025–26 fiscal year, keeping the maintenance-and-operations and interest-and-sinking components unchanged and citing certified property values and an increased homestead exemption as reasons the average homeowner should see a lower bill.
The Duncanville Independent School District Board of Trustees on Sept. 15 adopted a tax rate of $1.1057 for the 2025–26 fiscal year, a move the district said will not raise the adopted rates for maintenance and operations or for debt service and is likely to reduce the average homeowner’s tax bill.
The move, approved by a 5–0 vote, preserves the M&O rate at 0.7452 and the I&S rate at 0.3605, officials said at the meeting.
The tax-rate item matters because school districts must adopt a tax rate before Sept. 30 under state law to levy local property taxes for the coming fiscal year, Darla Moss, the district chief financial officer, told trustees. "Tax Code Chapter 26 requires the board to adopt the tax rate prior to September 30," Moss said during her presentation.
Moss and district materials said the Texas Education Agency established a maximum compressed rate (MCR) of 0.6169 and an additional enrichment rate of 0.1283 for Duncanville ISD. Certified property values received in July showed a districtwide decrease of about $117 million; combined with a larger state homestead exemption already applied in the district, officials said the average taxable value of a home fell and so, despite unchanged rates, the projected tax bill for an average homeowner should decline.
The board’s calculations included a comparison using a $200,000 home — the district said the average home value is just under $200,000 — and Moss noted Senate Bill 4’s proposed increase in the state homestead exemption would take effect only if a corresponding constitutional amendment passes on the November ballot.
Discussion at the meeting did not include changes to levy components. Trustees voted to adopt the required statutory motion language related to the district’s no-new-revenue calculation; the board approved the resolution and cast the roll call vote electronically. The motion passed on a 5–0 vote.
What happens next: With the rate adopted before the statutory deadline, the district can finalize the 2025–26 budget and proceed with normal billing and tax-collection processes. Individual taxpayer bills will still vary based on individual property values and exemptions, Moss told trustees.
Asked by trustees whether there were questions about the proposal, Moss and superintendent Dr. Goree reiterated that the adopted total rate is unchanged from 2024–25 and that, because of certified values and the homestead exemption adjustment, the typical homeowner should see a reduction in projected taxes.
