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Taft ISD adopts 2025–26 budget, sets $1.2416 tax rate
Summary
Taft Independent School District trustees adopted the 2025–26 budget and approved a total tax rate of $1.2416 (M&O $0.7416; I&S $0.5000) after a public hearing; votes were unanimous 6–0 with one trustee absent.
The Taft Independent School District Board of Trustees adopted the district's 2025–2026 budget and set the 2025 tax rate at $1.2416 during a special meeting Aug. 25, 2025. The board voted 6–0 in favor with Trustee Paul Luis Treviño recorded as absent.
The board first opened a public hearing under Texas Education Code §44.004 to receive public comment on the proposed budget and tax rate. The minutes record that no citizens spoke during the hearing. The board then approved motions designating the San Patricio County Tax Assessor/Collector as the officer to calculate the no-new-revenue and voter-approval tax rates and accepting the calculated no-new-revenue and voter-approval tax rates. Motion to designate the county assessor was made by Diana Buendia and seconded by Nicole Garza; the motion passed 6–0 (Treviño absent).
The board formally adopted the budget after a motion by Dr. Nicole Garza, seconded by Johnny Carvajal; the minutes record the motion as passed by a 6–0 vote. The board then approved the tax rate breakdown: Maintenance & Operations $0.7416 and Interest & Sinking $0.5000 (motion by Greg Benedict, seconded by Diana Buendia; passed 6–0).
