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Leander ISD board adopts 2025 tax rate; officials cite state homestead changes

5864842 · August 22, 2025
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Summary

After a public hearing required by state law, trustees approved a total tax rate of $1.0869 per $100 of valuation for 2025–26, a rate the district said keeps the same overall levy as the prior year despite state homestead‑exemption changes.

The Leander ISD board held a public hearing and then adopted a tax rate of $1.0869 per $100 of taxable value for the 2025–26 school year, trustees voted late in the meeting. The motion set the maintenance and operations (M&O) component at 0.7569 and an interest and sinking (I&S) component at 0.33, for a combined rate identical to last year’s total levy, the district said.

CFO Dr. Pete Poppe explained the sequence to the board during the required public‑hearing…

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