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PSJA ISD adopts 2025–26 budget, lowers tax rate and approves state-mandated teacher pay increases
Summary
Pharr‑San Juan‑Alamo ISD trustees on Aug. 18 approved a balanced 2025–26 budget, adopted a 1.011 tax rate and implemented pay increases that follow new state legislation, while speakers at public comment urged continued support for staff.
Pharr‑San Juan‑Alamo Independent School District trustees adopted the district’s recommended 2025–26 budget and set a total property tax rate of $1.011 per $100 of assessed value at the board meeting Aug. 18 at PSJ North Early College High School.
The budget vote followed a public hearing and passed unanimously. The board also approved the statutory “no-new-revenue” procedural language required for tax‑rate adoption; trustees later voted 7–0 to adopt the proposed 1.011 rate, a half‑cent reduction from the previous year’s total rate while reflecting increased property values.
The budget presentation by Becky Gonzales, assistant superintendent for finance, said the district planned the balanced budget on a projected enrollment of 29,613 and an average daily attendance (ADA) assumption of 28,001.24. Certified taxable value provided to the district by county appraisal was stated in the presentation as $6,000,000,007.96 — an approximate 3% increase from 2024 — and the district used that…
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