Most taxpayers in Fort Bend ISD will see a property tax increase after the board of trustees last week approved a $901.6 million operating budget for the 2025-25 school year. The passage of the budget did not without some angst among veteran and newer trustees alike.
For the upcoming school year, which begins September 1, the district will add seven “disaster pennies,” to the current tax rate. Those pennies are a one-time option allowed by the Texas Legislature for districts to use in the wake of a disaster, such as last year’s Hurricane Beryl.
District administrators on June 23 presented the board with three options for a budget, developed in the wake of the legislature’s recent passage of House Bill 2, the biennial bill funding the state’s public education system…