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Spearman ISD board adopts $1.15283 tax rate and approves 2025–26 budget
Summary
The Spearman ISD Board of Trustees voted 6-0 Aug. 27 to adopt a $1.15283 per-$100 tax rate for 2025 and to approve the district’s budget for 2025–26; the record includes differing totals for the budget that the board should clarify.
The Spearman Independent School District Board of Trustees voted 6-0 Aug. 27 to levy a total tax rate of $1.15283 per $100 valuation for the 2025 tax year and to adopt the district’s 2025–26 budget by function.
Board member Abby Pipkin moved the tax-rate motion, which was seconded by Rhett Renner and recorded as approved unanimously. The motion set the maintenance and operations rate at $0.77050 per $100 and the interest-and-sinking rate at $0.38233 per $100. Exhibit B in the meeting record notes the total rate represents a 0.08% increase from last year and directs local appraisal districts and collectors to assess and collect the levy.
Superintendent James Layman presented an overview of the proposed budget during the public hearing; the minutes state, "The total budget was presented in the amount of 9,745,679.00." Exhibit A, included with the minutes, lists line-item functions and a different line labeled "TOTAL BUDGET: $ 10,342,315.00." The board approved the budget by function in the same session by motion of Anne Maria Pearson, seconded by Scott Sonnenberg, 6-0. The record does not reconcile the two totals; the board or administration should clarify which figure is the adopted total.
The tax levy and budget adoption are effective for the 2025 tax year and the 2025–26 fiscal year respectively. The board approved the actions during a special session called at 6:00 p.m.; the meeting adjourned at 6:41 p.m.
Highlights from the record include the adopted split of $0.77050 for maintenance and operations and $0.38233 for interest and sinking, and the board’s unanimous vote to adopt the budget by function. The minutes list Dustin Mackie as board president and Scott Sonnenberg as secretary; a handwritten sign-off at adjournment in the typed record is garbled and does not change the recorded votes or motions.
