Facing a projected budget shortfall and rising costs, district leaders now seek community input to plan for growth and future bond.
Journalism like ours plays an essential role in a democracy, and we’re honored to do it. But we can’t do it alone. Will you contribute today to help support our ongoing work as we look ahead to the outcomes and implications of this election?Leaders of the East Central Independent School District are regrouping the day after voters roundly rejected a tax increase and a trio of bond issues intended to repair aging sports facilities and build new schools to keep up with explosive growth.
In the statement, the district said moving forward with a solution sooner rather than later could help prevent higher future costs, with construction costs projected to escalate between 10-15% annually. “In addition to passing that property tax cut, we’re going to do this year what we did not do last year,” he said. “We’ve got to close the loophole that allows these taxing entities to be able to go back behind our back and raise those property taxes.”
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