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Liberty Hill ISD proposes 2026–27 budget, cites strong fund balance despite tax compression
Summary
District finance staff presented a proposed 2026–27 budget that preserves a multi‑month M&O fund balance, shows continued revenue growth, and reflects tax-rate compression that will lower the district's rate even as median home tax bills rise due to higher values.
Miss Stone, the district's budget presenter, outlined the Liberty Hill ISD proposed 2026–27 budget and emphasized the district's strengthened fund balance. "Because of that, we're financially strong as a district, and we're very thankful for that," she said, noting M&O fund growth from $7,200,000 in 2019 to an estimated "a little over $30,000,000" at the end of the fiscal year and a reserve of roughly 3–3.5 months of operating expenses.
The presentation covered revenue and expenditure projections and the required taxpayer-impact statement under Texas law. Miss Stone stated the proposed total tax rate for 2026–27 is 1.2298 (down from 1.2389 before compression). She also presented median-home figures used in the required impact calculation and the estimated annual tax-bill figure shown in the slide deck. Board members asked for clarification on several slide numbers that were garbled in the transcript and requested written backup from the finance team before final adoption.
