Collin College Bond: What the $600M Nov. 3 Measure Would Build

Collin College McKinney Campus building seen across a lawn, one of the sites in the Collin College bond plan

Collin College’s single $600 million bond measure would expand workforce and academic buildings and add campuses in Anna and Royse City. The state-required voter document estimates up to $20.18 a year per $100,000 homestead, while the college expects a flat rate.

Prosper ISD Cuts Tax Rate to $1.2011 Beside $42.2M Budget Shortfall

Prosper ISD budget booklet tax rate shortfall

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

McKinney Keeps $0.412284 Tax Rate on $880.5M FY2026-27 Budget

McKinney city hall exterior FY2026-27 budget

MCKINNEY, McKinney City Council adopted an approximately $880.5 million Fiscal Year 2026-27 budget on Sept. 1, 2026, and held the city property tax rate at $0.412284 per $100 of taxable value, the same total as the prior year, according to the city’s official news release and budget table. The all-funds total on the city’s Budget … Read more

Collin County Keeps $0.149343 Tax Rate for 33rd Year on $599.2M Budget

Collin County commissioners chamber tax rate budget

MCKINNEY , Collin County Commissioners Court kept the county property tax rate at $0.149343 per $100 of taxable value for fiscal year 2026, the 33rd consecutive year without a rate increase, while adopting a Total Combined Budget (excluding bond funds) of $599.2 million. The Senate Bill 2 cover statement required on the adopted budget says … Read more

Oncor Advances Collin County Grid Upgrades as Princeton Work Starts

Oncor Collin County electric grid reliability upgrades power lines

COLLIN COUNTY , Oncor is pushing a multi-year package of electric reliability upgrades across fast-growing Collin County, with construction in and around Princeton that the utility said would begin the week of Aug. 24, 2026, plus related work in McKinney, Celina, and other communities named on its Collin County service improvements page. The utility frames … Read more

Plano ISD Adopts $1.03275 Tax Rate Beside $44.8M Operating Shortfall

Plano ISD North Texas school finance and tax rate board decision

PLANO , Plano ISD locked in a 2026-27 property tax rate of $1.03275 per $100 of taxable value while running a general fund plan that spends $691.6 million against $634.6 million in revenue and other resources, leaving a $44.8 million operating shortfall the district expects to cover with transfers and fund balance. That pairing (a … Read more

Prosper ISD Tax Rate Falls to $1.2011 for 2026-27

Tax documents and calculator illustrating Prosper ISD tax rate and civic finance coverage

PROSPER, Texas – Prosper ISD trustees unanimously adopted a Prosper ISD tax rate of $1.2011 per $100 of taxable value for the 2026-27 school year at their Aug. 24, 2026, board meeting, according to the district’s official board recap. The new total is $0.013 lower than last year’s $1.2141 and is the lowest posted Prosper … Read more

McKinney ISD VATRE Faces Critical Nov. 3 Vote With $500M Bond

Tax documents and calculator illustrating McKinney ISD VATRE and school bond election coverage

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 ISD Holds $1.0194 Tax Rate as Average Home Bill Rises $141

Frisco ISD Collin County Texas school tax rate adoption average home bill

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