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Northwest ISD board adopts tax rates, sets voter-approval election and reviews June bond sale
Summary
The Northwest ISD Board of Trustees on a 7-0 vote adopted a maintenance-and-operations tax rate that triggers a voter-approval tax-rate election, voted to levy the debt rate, and heard a district report on an $800 million bond sale completed in June.
The Northwest Independent School District Board of Trustees voted 7-0 to adopt a maintenance-and-operations (M&O) tax rate of $0.6631 per $100 of taxable value and a debt service (I&S) rate of $0.421 per $100, and then approved an order calling a voter-approval tax-rate election for the proposed voter-approved pennies that are above the state’s compressed tax rate. Jonathan Patusic, district financial services presenter, told the board the action is needed so the district can hold a voter election on a “voter‑approved tax rate” and to complete required public notices.
The vote follows weeks of briefings on the district’s 2025–26 budget and an explanation of how state tax compression and local growth affect the millage calculation. “This tax rate will raise more taxes for maintenance and operations than last year's tax rate,” Jonathan Patusic said, adding that the statement is a statutory requirement and that the technical effect is “effectively a negative 0.35%.”
The tax-rate package the board adopted keeps the district within the…
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