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Port Arthur ISD board adopts 2025–26 budget, sets tax rates and approves attendance-credit agreement
Summary
The Port Arthur Independent School District Board of Trustees approved the proposed 2025–26 budget, set 2025 tax rates (sinking fund 0.499916 and M&O 0.7705 per $100), and approved an agreement delegating authority to purchase attendance credits under cited Texas Education Code sections.
The Port Arthur Independent School District Board of Trustees voted to adopt the district's proposed 2025–26 budget and to set the district's 2025 tax rates during its meeting. President Johnson read the budget item and trustees moved and seconded the motion; board members responded "Aye," and the measures were approved.
Why it matters: Adopting the budget and setting tax rates funds district operations and capital needs for the coming school year and affects homeowners' tax bills in the district. The board also approved an agreement to purchase attendance credits and authorized the superintendent to sign contracts under specified Texas Education Code provisions.
What the board approved: The board moved to adopt the proposed 2025–26 budget (motion moved by trustee Narses and seconded by trustee Gilwood). It approved a sinking-fund tax rate of 0.499916 per $100 of taxable value and a maintenance and operations tax rate of 0.7705 per $100 for the 2025 appraisal roll. Trustees then approved an ordinance to set the 2025–26 tax rate. The board also approved an agreement delegating contractual authority to the superintendent to obligate the district under cited Texas Education Code sections for the purpose of purchasing attendance credits for 2025 and 2026.
On procedure and authority: The attendance-credit item cited provisions of the Texas Education Code and related commissioner rules; the board recorded the legal citation on the record when they took the vote. The motions were moved and seconded as read from the agenda, and the chair called for the voice vote recorded as "Aye."
What's next: The approved budget and tax ordinance become the district's guiding financial documents for the 2025–26 school year. The superintendent now has delegated authority to complete the attendance-credit agreement under the cited Texas Education Code sections.
