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Board sets VATRE for Nov. 4, 2025, and authorizes administrative steps
Summary
Trustees approved an order of election for a Voter Approval Tax Ratification Election (VATRE) on Nov. 4, 2025, and authorized district administration to complete required election actions; the motion passed 5–2.
The Rockport‑Fulton Independent School District Board of Trustees approved an Order of Election to place a Voter Approval Tax Ratification Election (VATRE) on the Nov. 4, 2025 ballot and authorized administration to take necessary steps to conduct the election in compliance with law.
Trustee Logan Burton moved to approve the Order of Election; Secretary Bonni Randall seconded. The motion passed 5‑2. The minutes record the board’s direction that administration should take all actions required by law to ensure the election is conducted as presented. The vote mirrored the split recorded earlier on the tax‑rate adoption.
The board did not record additional detail in the minutes about ballot language or specific administrative deadlines; those items are typically finalized with the election order and accompanying election services paperwork.
