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Texas allows a deduction, with additional exemptions available for county taxes, people over 65 and people who are disabled. It also requires school districts to offer a $25,000 exemption (but not other taxing districts, such as cities and counties). [11] Texas further limits the assessment increase on a homestead to 10% of the prior year's value.
The Texas Legislative Budget Board estimated the local school district revenue losses to be approximately $10 billion between 2023 and the year 2049. [45] In a March 20 House Ways and Means committee hearing, representatives of about 50 companies and 40 economic development groups testified or registered for the bill.
School district boundaries are not generally aligned with city or county boundaries; it is common for a school district to cover one or more counties or for a large city to be served by several school districts. As with municipal elections in Texas, board members or trustees are elected on a nonpartisan basis or may be appointed.
The Pflugerville school board voted to claim an exemption to Texas' new law requiring an armed officer or employee at every public school campus.
This is a list of school districts in Texas, sorted by Education Service Center (ESC) Region and then by County.. There are multiple classifications of school districts. Among them are independent school districts, common school districts, municipal school districts, rural high school districts, industrial training school districts, rehabilitation districts for the handicapped, and several ...
The appeals court also reversed a lower court judge's denial of 'qualified immunity' to school board members, and dismissed the case against them. Texas school board can start meetings with prayer ...
HEB ISD was the first district in Tarrant County to offer the program [36] and is the only multi-high school district in Texas where all high schools have an IB program. [37] In 2012, students in HEB ISD had a passing rate of 83% on IB exams, higher than the US national passing rate (66.9%) and the global passing rate (78.4%).
The seven-member school board sets policy for the nation's second-largest school district, which educates about 420,000 students and employs some 74,000 teachers, administrators and other workers.