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Aldine ISD board adopts $693.7 million budget; holds tax-rate hearing with proposed 1.034 rate unchanged
Summary
The Aldine Independent School District board on June 10 approved the 2025–26 general operating budget that draws down fund balance and held a tax-rate hearing proposing the same 1.034 total rate now in place; a final rate will be set after the Harris County certified tax roll is received.
The Aldine Independent School District Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved the district's 2025—26 general operating budget and held a required public hearing on a proposed tax rate that would remain the same as the current rate.
The board voted to approve a proposed general operating budget of $693,672,005 for the 2025—26 school year, with projected revenue of $645,276,421 and a planned drawdown of $48,395,584 from the district fund balance. Board members were told this represents an overall 4% decrease from the 2024—25 budget.
The action followed a presentation that cited Section 44.004 of the Texas Education Code, which requires a board meeting to discuss and adopt the budget and to conduct a tax-rate hearing. During the hearing the district proposed maintaining the current total tax rate of 1.034 per $100 of assessed value, broken into an interest-and-sinking rate of 0.3025 and a maintenance-and-operations rate of 0.7315. The board's presentation noted the district cannot adopt a final tax rate until it receives the Harris County certified appraisal roll, expected in late August.
"This budget is a deficit budget, but for the savings that we had in fund balance, we're recommending this budget," Paul Shanklin, Board Trustee, said during discussion.
Board members were given copies of the proposed budget and options for consideration in the weeks leading up to the vote. The presentation said the budget funds district operations, instructional programs, student activities, debt service and child nutrition for the year ahead.
The motion to approve the 2025—26 budgets passed with all trustees voting yes.
Because the hearing was procedural under the Texas Education Code, no final tax-rate adoption occurred Tuesday. District staff told the board that once the certified roll arrives from the Harris County Appraisal District, the board may set a tax rate no higher than the proposed rate without another tax-rate hearing.
