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Liberty Hill ISD board weighs tax-rate options and approves targeted pay increases for teachers
Summary
At a July 21 budget workshop, Liberty Hill ISD staff outlined tax-rate scenarios and recommended compensation changes; the board approved $1,200 raises for certain early-career teachers and other retention allotment-backed increases while continuing to consider a voter-approved tax-rate election to shore up fund balance.
The Liberty Hill Independent School District Board of Trustees on July 21 reviewed detailed budget scenarios that could be presented to voters this fall and approved targeted employee pay increases intended to improve retention and recruitment.
District finance and HR staff told trustees they received certified property values from the Williamson Central Appraisal District and that the Texas Education Agency's new compressed floor rate is 0.5689. That calculation means LHISD is at its 50-cent maintenance-and-operations (M&O) cap and would need a voter-approved tax-rate election to add additional "pennies" to local tax rates. Staff presented multiple options: adding five pennies would raise the rate to about $0.61 (the recommended baseline discussed),…
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