Hays County Elections Office is reporting 40.25% of voters for and 59.75% against the proposed tax rate.
Unofficial early voting results show voters rejected a proposed tax rate of $1.2746 per $100 valuation for Hays CISD.
Posted 9 p.m.
Hays County has released early voting results for Hays CISD Proposition A.
What you need to know
Hays County residents are being asked to consider a 12-cent increase to the property tax rate. If the tax rate is approved, it will increase to $1.2746 per $100 valuation from $1.1546 per $100 valuation.
Unofficial early election results show 40.32% of voters in favor of the proposition, and 59.68% opposed.
The higher maintenance and operations, or M&O, rate would raise approximately $26.24 million more in revenue than the previous rate, according to previous reporting by Community Impact.
- Provide retroactive cost-of-living salary increases
- Avoid elementary class-size increases
- Rebuild the fund balance to the recommended minimum level of $65 million
- Fund state mandates that are not state-funded
Unofficial early voting results showed that 19,253 ballots were cast countywide, compared to 189,688 registered Hays County voters.
Polls closed at 7 p.m.; voters who were in line at 7 p.m. were still able to cast ballots.
What’s next?
All results are unofficial until canvassed.
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