Boerne ISD adopts 2025–26 budget, trustees propose 3‑penny tax plan to raise teacher pay

Boerne Independent School District trustees adopted the district’s 2025–26 General Fund, Child Nutrition Fund and Debt Service Fund budgets at their June 16 meeting and discussed a Competitive and Strategic Financial Plan that would require voter approval to add three "golden pennies" to the tax rate. The trustees approved the budgets after a public hearing and budget workshops in which staff outlined how recently passed state legislation (House Bill 2 and related property tax bills) changes school finance and leaves Boerne with a net estimated gain from the legislature but also a $2.4 million reduction tied to a late legislative change that affects several districts. District leaders said HB 2…