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Huntsville ISD approves $115.34 million budget, holds tax rate at $0.8548 per $100
Summary
The Huntsville Independent School District board approved the 2025–26 budget and an identical tax rate to the prior year, funding employee raises and planned cafeteria upgrades while keeping a balanced general fund budget.
The Huntsville Independent School District Board of Trustees on Thursday approved the district’s 2025–26 budget and adopted an unchanged tax rate of $0.8548 per $100 of valuation.
The board approved a general fund budget of $115,342,161, a debt service budget of $7,793,701 and a food service budget of $5,426,610. Trustees voted unanimously to adopt the budgets and the tax ordinance, keeping the maintenance and operations rate at $0.7098 and the interest and sinking rate at $0.145 per $100.
The budget hearing and vote matter because the plan funds district operations, employee compensation and capital debt service while preserving a balanced general fund, Superintendent Dr. Shepherd said during the meeting. The administration emphasized that the budget incorporated legislative funding changes, district savings and targeted investments in staff pay and facilities.
Paul Brown, a district staff…
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