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Eustace ISD board adopts 2025–26 budget and raises property tax rate to 0.9469 (15.55% effective increase)
Summary
After a public hearing, the Eustace ISD Board of Trustees unanimously adopted the 2025–26 budget and approved a property tax rate of 0.9469, described in the motion as an effective 15.55% increase. The board approved the budget and rate during open session following a closed session.
The Eustace Independent School District Board of Trustees adopted the 2025–26 budget and approved a new property tax rate of 0.9469 at its Aug. 18 meeting. Trustee Katie McCallister moved to adopt the budget, Trustee Shane Carter seconded, and "all members present voted in favor of the motion," carrying the budget adoption.
The tax rate motion, also moved by Trustee Katie McCallister and seconded by Trustee Ben Lane, was recorded in the minutes as a motion "that the property tax rate be increased by the adoption of a tax rate of .9469, which is effectively a 15.55 percent increase in the tax rate." The motion passed unanimously. The action followed a Budget and Tax Rate public hearing presented earlier in the evening by Sadie Thompson. The transcript does not record implementation dates or line-item budget amounts in the public minutes. The board reconvened open session at 7:00 p.m. after a closed session held at 6:10 p.m.
Board members present for the votes were President Scot Bonner, Katie McCallister, Ben Lane, Joe Gomez, Jeff Lawson, Shane Carter and Blake Ward. The record shows unanimous approval for both the budget and the tax rate; specific levy calculations and the effect on an average taxpayer were not specified in the meeting minutes.
