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Texas Scorecard by Robert Montoya May 21, 2020

With more than 2 million Texans now unemployed, data from the Dallas Central Appraisal District shows most of the average tax bills from school districts increased last year.

With few exceptions, the average homeowners’ 2019 property tax bills from school districts in Dallas County grew, even though Texas lawmakers passed reforms last year that allotted roughly half of the state’s surplus tax revenue to reducing school property taxes. School districts—which have not had in-person classes since mid-March—are now setting their budgets and tax rates for the upcoming school year.

For years, Texas homeowners’ property tax bills have continued to grow, and roughly 60 percent of their total property tax bill is from school districts. In 2019, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 3, which poured $5.1 billion of the over $10 billion tax revenue surplus into compressing independent school districts’ property tax rates.

Lawmakers claimed their school finance reform plan in HB 3 “lowers school property tax rates by an average of 8 cents in 2020 and 13 cents in 2021,” or an implied total of 21 cents over two years. However, according to the Texas Education Agency, this was inaccurate.

Last year, Ferris ISD’s board members approved the highest one-year growth at over 28 percent—from $777 to $995. This growth happened even though their property tax rate was lowered over $0.07 per $100 property valuation—from $1.5173 in 2018 to $1.447249 in 2019.

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Re: Higher Property Taxes for Dallas Taxpayers: School Districts
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2020, 12:28:07 am »
That always makes sense.

No school buildings used, kids at home, yet taxes are increasing when costs decline.

Home schooling will continue to be popular.
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