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Alice ISD board adopts balanced 2025–26 budget, sets tax rate at 1.1722
Summary
The Alice Independent School District Board of Trustees on Aug. 29 approved a balanced 2025–26 budget, a proposed tax rate of 1.1722 and accepted the certified 2025 appraisal tax roll; officials said the rate supports salary increases and capital needs amid a homestead exemption change.
The Alice Independent School District Board of Trustees voted Aug. 29 to accept the district's certified 2025 appraisal tax roll, adopt a balanced 2025–26 budget and pass an ordinance setting the district's tax rate at 1.1722.
Melissa Sanchez, the district's chief financial officer, told the board the budget keeps total fund totals unchanged while moving some amounts between functions. "We prepared it with salary increments of $0.75 an hour for paraprofessionals and auxiliary staff," Sanchez said, and outlined teacher pay increases tied to state funding: $2,000 for teachers with one to two years of experience, $4,000 for those with three to four years, and $8,000 for teachers with five or more years. She also said new teachers will start at $56,400 and that professional and…
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