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NORTH EAST ISD board adopts 2025–26 budgets; tax rate decision deferred
Summary
The NORTH EAST ISD Board of Trustees adopted the district’s 2025–26 general, debt service and school nutrition budgets in a public hearing, while officials said the property tax rate will be set later when the Texas Education Agency issues a compressed rate.
The NORTH EAST Independent School District Board of Trustees adopted the district’s 2025–26 budgets for the general fund, debt service fund and school nutrition services fund after a public hearing on June 19, approving the budgets by a 7–0 vote.
The adoption comes at a public hearing required by state law; trustees approved total appropriations while noting that the district will set the property tax rate later this summer once the Texas Education Agency (TEA) issues the district’s compressed maintenance-and-operations rate. "We may not adopt the tax rates before we adopt the budget," said Susie Slackhorn, the staff presenter, adding that TEA typically assigns the maximum…
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