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Atlanta ISD board adopts 2025–26 budget and approves 2025 tax‑rate resolution
Summary
The Atlanta Independent School District Board unanimously adopted the 2025–26 budget and approved a resolution to adopt the 2025 tax rate at its Aug. 26, 2025 meeting; both motions were recorded 7–0 and were made on the recommendation of Superintendent Jason Harris.
The Atlanta Independent School District Board of Trustees adopted the 2025–26 general fund budget and approved a resolution to adopt the district's 2025 tax rate during its Aug. 26, 2025 meeting.
Superintendent Jason Harris recommended adoption of the proposed 2025–26 budget; the motion to adopt the budget was made by Trustee Arlistel Maxie and seconded by Trustee Randall Thomason and carried by a recorded vote of seven yeas. The resolution to adopt the 2025 tax rate was moved by Trustee Lauren Giesler and seconded by Trustee Joel Steger and also passed unanimously (7–0). The minutes record the motions as "Accept the recommendation of Superintendent Jason Harris to adopt the 2025-2026 budget as presented" and "Accept the recommendation of Superintendent Jason Harris to approve the resolution to adopt the 2025 tax rate as presented."
Board minutes show no public comments on the hearing for the budget and tax rate. The budget adoption completes a required annual step in the district's fiscal cycle; the minutes do not specify the adopted dollar amounts or the exact tax rate value, which are recorded in the official budget and tax-rate documents not attached to these minutes.
Next steps listed in the record are procedural: the board approved related vendor and personnel items during the same meeting and went into closed session later for personnel, facilities and real estate matters; no recommendations resulted from the closed session. The board adjourned at 8:06 p.m.
