Douglas S. Doyle
Dallas County Prop A asks voters to keep a 24.865-cent rate for homelessness, mental health and housing programs. County taxes rise either way. The vote decides whether the median homestead pays $666.52 or $602.19, and whether about $102.9 million goes to those programs.
Dallas has one city bond question on the Nov. 3 ballot: a $443 million public safety package split across five projects. The city’s fact sheet shows only the police training center at UNT Dallas has a finished design.
PROSPER, Prosper ISD trustees cut the district’s 2026-27 property tax rate to $1.2011 per $100 of valuation on Aug. 24, 2026, a $0.0130 drop from $1.2141, while the earlier June budget package still showed a combined $42.2 million shortfall against a $565.6 million spending plan. Chief Financial Officer Keri Croy, speaking in board materials covered … Read more
DENTON , Denton ISD trustees adopted a total 2026-27 property tax rate of $1.1528 per $100 of taxable value on Sept. 22, 2026, a cut of 5.41 cents from last year’s $1.2069, while supporting the balanced $380 million general fund the board approved in June. District materials say a median-valued homestead owner can expect a … Read more
MESQUITE , Mesquite ISD voters will decide Proposition A, a Voter-Approval Tax Rate Election, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. If approved, the district says Proposition A is projected to generate about $16 million in additional maintenance and operations revenue each year for staff pay, student programs, and campus security. The ask comes after the district … Read more
GARLAND — Garland ISD’s published 2026 tax-rate table shows an adopted total rate of $1.13930 per $100 of valuation, a $0.0316 decrease from the 2025 rate of $1.1709, with Maintenance and Operations set at $0.75530 and Interest and Sinking held at $0.38400. Those figures come straight from the district’s Property Tax Payments page, which posts … Read more
LEWISVILLE, Texas – Lewisville ISD trustees adopted a Lewisville ISD tax rate of $1.0778 per $100 of taxable value for the 2026-27 school year on Aug. 27, 2026, according to the district's official board recap. The district says it is the lowest tax rate Lewisville ISD has adopted since at least 1999. The Maintenance and … Read more
MCKINNEY, Texas – McKinney ISD voters will decide five separate propositions on Nov. 3, 2026: a McKinney ISD VATRE that district officials say would net about $4.1 million a year after state recapture, plus a $500 million bond package split across Propositions B through E for schools, safety, technology, a training-pool repair, and stadium turf … Read more
FRISCO — Frisco ISD’s Board of Trustees adopted a 2026 tax rate of $1.0194 per $100 of valuation, unchanged from 2025, according to the district’s Sept. 4, 2026 release. The flat rate still means a higher school tax bill for the average home because appraised values rose. District math puts the average home at $551,246 … Read more
MCKINNEY, Texas — McKinney ISD trustees set a total property tax rate of $1.0664 per $100 of taxable value for fiscal year 2026-27, a $0.0379 cut from the $1.1043 rate adopted for 2025-26, the district said in an official Sept. 17, 2026, release. Board President Amy Dankel framed the vote as a balance between classrooms … Read more