The Sulphur Springs Independent School District held a public hearing on June 16, 2025, to consider whether Ashoka Steel Mills LLC breached an Agreement for Limitation on Appraised Value of Property for School District Maintenance and Operations Taxes pursuant to Texas Tax Code § 313. The board’s agenda also listed consideration of a resolution to determine a material breach and to give notice of contract termination.
The hearing appears on the agenda as two related items: an acknowledgment of conflict-of-interest policies BBFA (Legal) and BBFA (Local) tied to the §313 agreement, and a standalone hearing to determine breach. The agenda further lists possible action to adopt a resolution finding a material breach and terminating the agreement.
The matter concerns Comptroller Application #1768, the application number listed in district materials. The agenda does not include debate text, statements from Ashoka Steel Mills LLC, or an action outcome; meeting minutes or a later vote are not in the provided transcript. No motions, votes, or staff findings are recorded in the portion of the materials supplied.
Texas Tax Code § 313 allows local school taxing entities to enter agreements limiting appraised value for qualifying property in exchange for economic activity; the agenda references that statutory authority. The agenda also cites district conflict-of-interest policies BBFA (Legal) and BBFA (Local) in connection with the matter.
Because the transcript contains only the agenda wording for this item and not the hearing record or any final board action, it is not possible from the provided materials to report whether the board made a finding of breach, adopted a termination resolution, or took other formal action. Those outcomes are not specified in the agenda excerpt provided.
The district scheduled executive-session consultation with legal counsel under Texas Government Code § 551.071 earlier in the meeting; that provision is listed in the agenda in connection with Ashoka Steel Mills LLC. The agenda also cites other executive-session authorities for real-estate deliberation, personnel, security, and economic development (§§ 551.072, 551.074, 551.076, 551.087), but does not provide the content or results of any closed-session deliberations.
Board observers or interested parties seeking the board’s determination or the full hearing record should consult the official minutes or request meeting recordings or staff reports from Sulphur Springs ISD.