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District presents truth-and-taxation overview; board to hold tax rate steady while explaining levy statement numbers
Summary
District staff presented the required truth‑and‑taxation overview explaining how state aid, property classifications and assessor valuations produce the tax statement. Officials said the proposed levy dollar change can look large on mailed statements but that the district plans to keep the school portion tax rate unchanged pending final certification.
Gwen, a district presenter, delivered the HOUSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT’s truth‑and‑taxation presentation and walked residents through how the proposed levy appears on mailed tax statements. Gwen said the district receives roughly 4% of its revenue from local property taxes and that “the red dotted line is the actual per‑pupil revenue that we received from the state,” while “the blue line shows what it would be if it was calculated with inflation included.”
The presenter explained that state legislation and county assessor valuations drive how levies are calculated, and that changes in market value or classification can make the proposed levy…
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