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BROADDUS ISD adopts 2025–26 tax rate of 1.1489; board cites 164.78% change
Summary
BROADDUS ISD trustees adopted a 2025–26 property tax rate of 1.1489 at a special meeting Aug. 28, 2025; the motion text described the change as a 164.78 percent increase. The vote passed 6–0 with one trustee absent.
BROADDUS ISD trustees voted on Aug. 28, 2025, to adopt a property tax rate of 1.1489 for the 2025–2026 school year. The motion passed on a 6–0 vote with Trustee Jathan Green recorded as absent.
Leah Holloway, the district's Business Manager, presented data on the proposed tax rate and answered trustees' questions alongside the Superintendent. Trustee Micha Miller moved to adopt the rate; Trustee Doug Sowell seconded. In the motion language on the record, Miller said, "I move that the property tax rate be increased by the adoption of a tax rate of 1.1489, which is effectively a 164.78 percent increase in the tax rate." The meeting minutes list the vote as: Travis Elizalde: Yea; Pete Mancill: Yea; Micha Miller: Yea; Doug Sowell: Yea; Michael Sowell: Yea; Brock Weatherford: Yea; Jathan Green: Absent.
The board held a public hearing on the proposal before the vote; Holloway presented the proposal to trustees and the audience and responded to questions. The transcript does not record specific details of the Superintendent's responses or the hearing comments beyond the presentation and the board vote. The effective date for the adopted rate is not specified in the transcript.
