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4.B • Action ItemsHENDERSON ISD (Rusk County)
Consider adopting the proposed 2026-2027 tax rate Attachments: ( 3 ) BOARD BACKGROUND - 2025-2026 PROPOSED TAX RATE 8/14/2026 at 3:45 PM RESOLUTION SETTING 2026 TAX RATE 8/14/2026 at 3:44 PM Approved Resolution of the Board to Set Tax Rate 8.17.26 8/17/2026 at 7:19 PM
Presented in: HENDERSON ISD Board of Trustees Special Meeting on 2026-08-17
Official Roll-Call Vote
Expands Gov't • 8.5/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (7 - 0)
“Action on Consider adopting the proposed 2026-2027 tax rate Attachments: ( 3 ) BOARD BACKGROUND - 2025-2026 PROPOSED TAX RATE 8/14/2026 at 3:45 PM RESOLUTION SETTING 2026 TAX RATE 8/14/2026 at 3:44 PM Approved ”
JS
Justin Scarborough
Trustee (Place 5)
YES
SS
Sonny Simmons
Trustee (Place 6)
YES
DJ
Dr John Taylor
Trustee (Place 7)
YES
RB
Russell Brown
Trustee (Place 1)
YES
SC
Shannon Coats
Trustee (Place 2)
YES
JW
Jean Williams
Trustee (Place 3)
YES
LD
Loy Dorsey, Iii
Trustee (Place 4)
YES
Staff Report & Agenda Item Details
4.B. Consider adopting the proposed 2026-2027 tax rate Attachments: ( 3 ) BOARD BACKGROUND - 2025-2026 PROPOSED TAX RATE 8/14/2026 at 3:45 PM RESOLUTION SETTING 2026 TAX RATE 8/14/2026 at 3:44 PM Approved Resolution of the Board to Set Tax Rate 8.17.26 8/17/2026 at 7:19 PM
Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis
This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 8.5/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).