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Giddings ISD Holds Public Hearing on Proposed 2025–26 Budget and Tax Rate
Summary
The Giddings ISD Board of Trustees held a public hearing Aug. 21 to review the proposed 2025–26 budget and tax rate. District presenters summarized the proposal; no public comments were recorded and no vote was taken at the hearing.
Giddings ISD Trustees held a public hearing on the proposed 2025–2026 budget and tax rate on Aug. 21, 2025. The hearing opened at 6:45 p.m. in the Giddings ISD Administration Building and adjourned at 6:58 p.m.
Dr. Raymond DeSpain and Angie Bloodworth presented and discussed the proposed budget to the Board of Trustees. The record notes presentation and discussion of the proposal but does not include dollar amounts, tax-rate figures or detailed line-item changes; those specifics were not specified in the hearing record.
No members of the public spoke during the community input portion of the meeting. The Board did not take a formal vote on the budget or tax rate during the public hearing; the transcript records only that the hearing was conducted and then adjourned.
Board President Jason Locke established a quorum at the start of the hearing. Trustees listed as present were Jason Locke, Mark Johnson, Spencer Schneider, Pat Jackson, Roy Kruemcke Jr., and Martin Rangel; Adam Awad was absent. Personnel and visitors listed in the meeting record included Raymond DeSpain, Shane Holman, Angie Bloodworth, Andy Masek, Chad Seitz, Charlotte Penn, Shayne Kirts, Mitch Pope, Tony Francis and Christina Kieschnick.
The public hearing is a required step in the district’s budget and tax-rate process; the record here shows the presentation and opportunity for public comment but does not show final action on the budget or tax rate.
