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Santo ISD board adopts $11.39 million budget, sets 2025–26 tax rate at $1.07743
Summary
At a special meeting on Aug. 29, 2025, the Santo ISD Board of Trustees approved the 2025–26 budget totaling $11,386,863 and adopted a combined tax rate of $1.07743 per $100 of appraised value in unanimous votes; Secretary Daina Wofford was absent for the tax votes.
On Aug. 29, 2025, the Santo ISD Board of Trustees approved the district’s 2025–26 budget and set the property tax rate for the fiscal year.
Trustee Donny Herring moved and Philip Colvin seconded to adopt the budget as presented in document BUD1350; the budget lists operating expenditures and revenue each at $11,386,863 across funds 199, 240 and 599 (General Fund, Child Nutrition, Interest & Sinking). The motion passed 6–0.
Administration had presented a proposed budget that reflects a 12.00% increase in the 2025–2026 expenditure budget, which officials attributed in the meeting minutes in part to rising personnel costs. The board also held the statutorily required public hearing on the proposed budget and tax rate; no Santo ISD taxpayers attended the hearing.
Following the budget adoption, the board approved three motions to set tax rates for 2025–26. The board voted 6–0 to set the Maintenance & Operations (M&O) rate at $0.75520 per $100 of appraised value and the Interest & Sinking (I&S) rate at $0.32223 per $100, producing a combined rate of $1.07743. Secretary Daina Wofford was recorded as absent for the tax votes.
The board’s actions finalize the district’s spending and revenue structure for the upcoming school year; minutes do not record additional detail about implementation timing or program-level allocations.
