Aldine ISD trustees adopt 2025 tax rate of $1.034 to fund operations and debt

Aldine Independent School District trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt a total tax rate of $1.034 for the 2025 tax year, the board president announced after roll call.

Chief Financial Officer Timothy Momani presented the district’s proposed general fund budget and the recommended tax rates, saying the total rate consists of 0.7315 for maintenance and operations and 0.3025 for interest and sinking. Momani told the board the district’s total certified and uncertified appraised value of property is $41,774,895,526 and the taxable certified and uncertified value is $31,559,263,033, and he cited Section 44.004 of the Texas Education Code for the required notice and tax-rate procedures.

"For the district to maintain and oversee our public schools and to pay outstanding bond principal and interest in subsequent years, the district recommends a total tax rate of $1.034 for the 2025 tax year," Momani said during his presentation.

Trustee Randy Bates moved to adopt the tax rate; the motion was seconded by Trustee Connie Esparza. The board recorded unanimous "yes" votes from Trustees Garcia, Bates, Avalos, Esparza, Mead, Franklin and Booker. The board briefly adjourned at 7:14 p.m. to adopt the tax rate and then resumed the regular meeting.

Momani also reviewed a proposed general fund budget figure cited in the presentation as $693,672,005. He said keeping the interest-and-sinking rate at 0.3025 will allow Aldine ISD to collect amounts needed to meet 2025–26 bond principal and interest payments. Several figures in the presentation were read aloud; the board adopted the recommended rate as presented.

The board’s action satisfies the notice and adoption requirements of Section 44.004 of the Texas Education Code, Momani said. No trustee voiced a no vote during the recorded roll call.

The board moved on after the tax-rate adoption to routine business, including approval of minutes and consent-agenda items.