Consideration and possible action to adopt a resolution authorizing the District to access three cents ($0.03) of “disaster pennies” under Texas Tax Code § 26.042(e) and to adopt the 2026 Maintenance & Operations (M&O) and Interest & Sinking (I&S) tax rates for Tax Year 2026 / School Year 2026–2027, which includes the three cents of disaster pennies in the M&O rate. The proposed total tax rate wil

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VI.6. Consideration and possible action to adopt a resolution authorizing the District to access three cents ($0.03) of “disaster pennies” under Texas Tax Code § 26.042(e) and to adopt the 2026 Maintenance & Operations (M&O) and Interest & Sinking (I&S) tax rates for Tax Year 2026 / School Year 2026–2027, which includes the three cents of disaster pennies in the M&O rate. The proposed total tax rate will exceed the District’s no-new-revenue tax rate.

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 9.3/10). 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).