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RCISD budget workshop reviews tax-rate history and district timeline
Summary
Royse City ISD's CFO presented a budget timeline and reviewed tax-rate figures and funding basics, noting the district's 2024–25 tax rate and outlining a push to raise the state basic allotment to $7,005.
CFO Bryant presented a district budget timeline and reviewed historical and current tax-rate figures during the Feb. 3 work session. Board President Scott Muckensturm emphasized the district's funding priorities, saying, "Our kids deserve funding."
The meeting record states the district's historical tax-rate figure at $1.67 (corrected from the meeting transcript reference to 2018–2019) and shows a current tax rate of $1.2552 for the 2024–25 year. Bryant also shared a video explaining how public schools are funded in Texas and outlined how changes to the Basic Allotment would affect RCISD's budget and planning.
Board members discussed the potential impact of property-value compression on the district's construction schedule and affirmed staff outreach to Austin to advance the district's legislative agenda.
