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Kingsville ISD board adopts 2024–25 budget and raises tax rate to $1.4104 (11.26% increase)
Summary
The Kingsville ISD Board approved the district's 2024'25 proposed budget and adopted a total tax rate of $1.4104 per $100 of assessed value, described in the meeting as an effective 11.26% increase. The tax vote was unanimous 7-0.
The Kingsville Independent School District Board of Trustees approved the district's proposed 2024'25 budget and adopted a combined tax rate of $1.4104 per $100 of assessed valuation at its Aug. 27 special meeting.
Dr. Peter Pitts presented the proposed budget; Board President Brian Coufal moved to approve the proposal and Mr. Martin Chapa seconded. The motion to approve the proposed budget carried 6-0 (Mr. David Garcia was not present for that vote). Later in the meeting the board adopted a maintenance and operations (M&O) rate of $0.7552 and an interest and sinking (I&S) rate of $0.6552, for a total rate of $1.4104. "I move that the property tax rate be increased by the adoption of a tax rate of 1.4104, which is effectively an 11.26% increase in the tax rate," Mr. Coufal said when making the motion. A roll-call vote on the tax resolution was 7-0 in favor.
The tax-rate adoption was presented as a required record vote tied to the budget workshops the board previously held. The meeting minutes note the tax rate recommendation was discussed at earlier budget workshops; the formal resolution Levying a Tax Rate for Kingsville Independent School District for Tax Year 2024 was adopted on the record.
The board recorded the motions and approvals in the minutes but did not include additional fiscal details such as expected revenue totals, tax-rate rollback calculations, or specific program changes that will be funded by the new budget. Those details were not specified in the meeting record and were not discussed on the public record during this session.
