The details
According to a district news release, the 3-cent increase in property taxes would have generated approximately $16 million in the district’s maintenance and operations budget. Funds from this budget are used, in part, to help retain and attract teachers while also preventing cuts to student programs. Potential changes may be in store for other operations, as well.
Before any campus-based cuts are implemented, the news release states district officials will meet with department leadership to make adjustments at both the district and campus levels.
Superintendent Mark Foust said while the outcome is not what district officials hoped for, NISD staff will continue to provide high-quality educational services.
Quote of note
“While we’re disappointed in the result, we understand that increases in any tax rate are challenging for taxpayers,” Foust said. “Northwest ISD will continue to engage our lawmakers in the hopes that they will stop withholding funding that benefits students and teachers. School districts are facing unprecedented choices that have a direct impact on the classroom, and it’s time for our state leaders to step up and do what’s right for the 5.5 million children in Texas public schools.”
The news release states as NISD officials continue budget planning for the 2025-26 school year, they will create various budget scenarios based on potential legislative updates—or lack thereof—to public school funding.
