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San Elizario ISD board adopts tax rate of $0.8853 for 2025–26, a 13.62% increase
Summary
The San Elizario ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously Sept. 16 to adopt a property tax rate of $0.8853 for the 2025–2026 school year, which the motion record characterizes as a 13.62% increase; trustees discussed no-new-revenue and voter-approval tax calculations before the vote.
The San Elizario Independent School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously Sept. 16 to adopt a property tax rate of $0.8853 for the 2025–2026 fiscal year. Trustee Myrna Hernandez moved to approve the rate and Trustee Axel Lopez seconded; the motion passed 7–0.
District presenter Elizabeth Perez explained the difference between the no-new-revenue rate and the voter-approval (rollback) rate during a brief public hearing in which no members of the public spoke. The formal motion recorded at the meeting states that adopting a $0.8853 rate is “effectively a 13.62% percent increase in the tax rate,” language entered into the record when Trustee Hernandez moved the measure.
Trustees recorded the following vote: Eduardo Chavez — yea; Monica Chavez — yea; Myrna Hernandez — yea; Sandra Licon — yea; Axel Lopez — yea; Lorenzo Luevano — yea; Alexis Tellez — yea (Yea: 7; Nay: 0). The board took the vote after the finance presentation and the public hearing portion of the agenda.
