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Arlington ISD adopts 2025–26 tax rate, authorizes defeasance authority; trustees debate 'apples-to-oranges' calculation
Summary
Trustees approved a resolution authorizing staff to pursue defeasance or redemption of callable bonds and adopted the district’s 2025–26 tax rate after a public hearing; interim CFO explained why state statutory comparisons can show an "effective increase" even when the nominal rate falls.
Arlington Independent School District trustees on Sept. 4 voted 6–0 to authorize staff to pursue defeasance or redemption of certain unlimited-tax bonds and to adopt the district’s 2025–26 tax rate after a required public hearing. The board also heard a detailed explanation from interim Chief Financial Officer Norberto Rivas about how state calculations can show an “effective increase” in tax effort even when the district’s nominal tax rate decreases.
Rivas opened the public hearing required by state law and presented a comparison of tax-rate calculations, explaining the distinction between the “no new revenue” rate (which looks only at local taxable…
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