Notably, the once-projected $26.2 million shortfall for the 2025-26 school year has turned into a $7.5 million surplus. (Community Impact staff)
In a 5-1 vote, the Fort Bend ISD board of trustees approved a temporary 7-cent tax increase for the 2025-26 school year, turning the once-projected $26.2 million shortfall for the 2025-26 school year into a $7.5 million surplus.
The lone dissenter, trustee Adam Schoof, shared concerns that homeowners are being taxed on inflated property values and the tax increase undermines the homestead exemption expected to pass in November…