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College Station ISD board adopts 2025 tax rate of $0.9753 per $100; cites appraisal litigation and state changes
Summary
The College Station ISD Board of Trustees approved a total tax rate of $0.9753 per $100 of taxable value (M&O 0.6963; I&S 0.279), an effective 1.9% increase that the district says stems from property-value losses tied to appraisal litigation and recent state homestead-exemption changes.
The College Station Independent School District Board of Trustees voted 7-0 Aug. 19 to adopt a maintenance and operations tax rate of 0.6963 and an interest and sinking tax rate of 0.279 for a total tax rate of 0.9753 per $100 of taxable value. Trustees said the adopted rate will effectively raise the tax burden by 1.9% and increase maintenance-and-operations taxes on a $100,000 home by about $18.09.
District finance staff framed the vote as a response to shrinking local taxable value and recent state law changes. "You can kinda see that there was only a growth of 2.6% in property certified property values this year," Ms. Wilson said in a presentation on the certified and taxable values.…
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