Edinburg CISD Board to Discuss Proposed Tax Rate at Budget Workshop

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Edinburg TX – The Edinburg CISD Board of Trustees will hold a budget workshop on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, at 5:30 p.m.

The board will discuss the fiscal year 2026-2027 budget and proposed tax rate, according to the agenda.

The meeting will also include certification of public notice.

About Edinburg CISD

Edinburg CISD serves more than 33,000 students across 43 campuses and encompasses 945 square miles, making it one of the largest school districts in the nation, according to the district. The district is located in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas and is an open enrollment district for students living in the surrounding school areas. HAR.com + 3

State Tax Rate Requirements

Under Texas law, if a school district’s governing body adopts a tax rate that exceeds the district’s voter-approval tax rate, registered voters of the district must determine at an election whether to approve the adopted rate. If a simple majority of votes cast favor the adopted rate, the rate stands; if voters disapprove it, the governing body may not adopt a tax rate exceeding the voter-approval rate. TASBOtexas

Truth-in-taxation rules require most taxing units, including school districts, to calculate a no-new-revenue tax rate and a voter-approval tax rate after receiving a certified appraisal roll from the chief appraiser. The no-new-revenue rate is generally calculated as the prior year’s taxes divided by the current taxable value of properties on the tax roll in both years, used for comparison purposes. FindLawFindLaw

Source – Edinburg CISD Board of Trustees Agenda; Texas Comptroller’s Office; Edinburg CISD