By Scott Harvey
– A newspaper report says 30 percent of Texas school districts have asked their voters for tax rate increases since state lawmakers adopted the requirement four years ago.
The Dallas Morning News, citing figures from a website that tracks tax rate elections in Texas, reports that about a fifth of the state's 1,025 districts won voter approval for increases. Another 78 districts have been turned down by voters, including 17 that have lost twice.
That's according to figures from www.TexasISD.com.
Locally, the Commerce and Fannidel ISD's have each already passed tax rate hikes this year, while Celeste and Royse City will be conducting elections later this month. A tax rate hike for the Campbell ISD will appear on the Nov. 2 ballot.