Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD trustees approve 2025–26 budget, lower tax rate to 0.9481 per $100

CARROLLTON — The Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD Board of Trustees voted Thursday to adopt the district’s 2025–26 budgets and to lower the district property tax rate to 0.9481 per $100 of taxable value.

At a specially posted public meeting, trustees approved three statutorily required budgets — the General Operating Fund, the Student Nutrition Fund and the Debt Service Fund — and adopted a resolution to release previously committed fund balance in the district’s state revenue stabilization reserve to offset anticipated revenue fluctuations. The board also set the tax rate at 0.7481 for maintenance and operations (M&O) and 0.20 for interest and sinking (I&S).

The action matters because the budgets direct how the district will allocate money for instruction, operations and debt service while the tax rate determines local property tax collections. Miss Settle, the district presenter, said the district crafted the budget amid statewide changes to school funding and tax exemptions and emphasized the district’s priority on student outcomes.

Miss Settle outlined the fiscal picture and state changes…