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Leander ISD to publish proposed $1.0869 tax rate, calls June 18 hearing on 2026-27 budget
Summary
CFO Pete Pape recommended the Board call a June 18 public meeting to adopt the 2026-27 budget and publish a proposed combined tax rate of $1.0869 (M&O $0.7569; I&S $0.3300); notice will be published June 4, 2026 in Hill Country News to meet statutory deadlines.
Leander ISD administration asked the Board to call a public meeting for 6:15 p.m. on June 18, 2026, for the purpose of discussing and adopting the 2026‑27 budget and the proposed tax rate. "Administration recommends that the Board President call a meeting for 6:15 PM for June 18, 2026, for the purpose of discussing and adopting the 2026-2027 budget and discussion of the 2026 proposed tax rate and authorize the Administration to publish a tax rate of $1.0869 for purposes of the Notice of Public Hearing," the agenda packet states.
The packet breaks the proposed combined rate into Maintenance & Operations (M&O) $0.7569 and Interest & Sinking (I&S) $0.3300. It notes the district's current Tier 1 M&O rate projections and explains that the final adopted tax rate will follow receipt of certified values in late July, with adoption expected in August or September 2026. Per Education Code requirements cited in the packet, the public notice will be published not earlier than the 30th day and not later than the 10th day before the hearing; administration plans publication in Hill Country News on June 4, 2026.
