Splendora ISD board adopts $1.2547 property tax rate, a 12.72% increase

The Splendora Independent School District Board of Trustees voted Sept. 15 to adopt a total property tax rate of $1.2547 per $100 of assessed value, an effective 12.72 percent increase, board documents show.

The vote set the Maintenance and Operations (M&O) rate at $0.7547 and the Interest and Sinking (I&S) rate at $0.5000. Board members approved the levy by a 6-0 vote, with Trustee Barry Welch absent.

The tax rate was adopted by motion from Trustee Jason Sessum and seconded by Trustee Brandon Fry. The board recorded the motion as passing, For 6, Against 0. The board also placed related tax items on the consent agenda earlier in the meeting, including resolutions to designate the office or person authorized to calculate the no-new-revenue and voter-approval tax rates (Resolution 2025-03) and to adopt the 2025 property tax roll (Resolution 2025-04).

The board held a public hearing earlier on the proposed 2025-2026 tax rate prior to the vote; that hearing was listed on the agenda as "2025-2026 Fiscal Year Proposed Tax Rate." The board minutes do not record further public testimony on the rate at the hearing.

This action establishes the district's tax levy for fiscal year 2025-26. The minutes do not specify dollar-value revenue estimates or how the change will affect an individual homeowner's bill.