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The District’s Facility Planning Committee, representing a cross-section of the community, played a key role in this decision. Parents, teachers, staff , and community members shared their perspectives as the committee identified needs and developed a recommendation for the Board.

Over the past three months the committee reviewed the district’s current facilities, analyzed student program data, learned about budgets, finances, and historical tax rates, and discussed academic priorities and long-range plans with district administration. After consideration, the committee reached consensus on a list of facility recommendations to the Board.

Use the personal tax calculator located on the right sidebar to estimate your potential maximum tax increase.

No.  By law, if you receive an Age 65 or Older Exemption, your homestead tax rate cannot be raised above the frozen level unless you make significant improvements to your home.  A significant improvement would be anything beyond normal maintenance or repair, such as building a swimming pool or adding a garage or game room.

Under state law, if you have applied for and received the Age 65 Freeze on your homestead, your school taxes CANNOT be raised above their frozen level unless you make significant improvements or additions to your home. To apply for the Age 65 freeze, contact your county’s Central Appraisal District.

By law, bond funds cannot be used for payroll expenses or any daily operational costs such as utilities, supplies, fuel, and insurance.  Instead, bond funds can only be used for new buildings, additions and renovations, land acquisition, technology infrastructure and equipment, or school buses.

A school district’s tax rate is comprised of two components or “buckets”. The first bucket is the Maintenance and Operations budget (M&O), which funds daily costs and recurring or consumable expenditures such as teacher and staff salaries, supplies, software and utilities. The second bucket is the Interest and Sinking budget (I&S), also known as Debt Service, and that is for longer-term capital improvements approved by voters through bond elections. I&S funds cannot by law be used to pay M&O expenses, which means that voter-approved bonds cannot be used to increase teacher salaries or pay rising costs for utilities and services.

More information will be provided as it is available by the county.

Anyone at least 18 years of age and living within the boundaries of Valley Mills ISD is eligible to vote.  You must be registered by October 6, 2025 in order to participate in this election.

You can check your voter registration status at www.votetexas.gov.

If you need to update your address, you can simply fill out the change online.