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THE RECAPTURE ELECTION Proposition A
WHAT IS AN ACE?
A Texas school district must hold an attendance credit election, or ACE, when the state classi es it as property-wealthy, according to Chapter 49 of the Texas Education Code. PfISD has been designated a recapture district for the 2022-23 school year. District sta said the amount owed to the state is estimated at about $12 million.
Authorizing recapture payments P ugerville ISD voters will consider Proposition A to help o set an anticipated $12 million recapture payment to the state. This special election is known as an attendance credit election, or ACE, that will allow the district to purchase attendance credits. This is the mechanism through which recapture payments are made to the state, PfISD Chief Financial Ocer Jennifer Land said. Recapture is the process by which the state draws added revenue from
school districts that are considered property-wealthy. Bob Popinski, the senior director of policy for public education advocacy group Raise Your Hand Texas, spoke at a Sept. 13 event about how recapture is becoming a larger issue as property values rise throughout the state. One way to o set the cost to school districts would be to raise the state’s basic allotment per student. PfISD sta said the ACE will not increase the tax bill for property owners, and it is required by the state because this is the rst school year PfISD is ocially in recapture status.
If passed, the PfISD ACE will:
If the ACE fails:
• allow the district to purchase attendance credits from the state. Attendance credits are the mechanism through which a school district pays the state its remaining recapture balance. • allow the district to purchase enough credits to o set the balance owed to the state. • allow no additions to the tax rate in subsequent scal years as a result of passage of the ACE. • allow funding to be increased for programs including ne arts, athletics, gifted and talented, and career and technical education.
• The Texas Education Agency will determine how to detach $1.2 billion in property valuation from the district • PfISD may have to raise the interest and sinking, or debt service portion of its 2023-24 tax rate to accommodate the loss of revenue. • Students living within the detached area will attend a neighboring district to be determined. • Taxpayers within the newly annexed district will pay a bill for that district. • It could potentially result in an increase in the 2023-24 tax rate.
SOURCES: PFLUGERVILLE ISD, RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS, TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, TEXAS EDUCATION CODE COMMUNITY IMPACT
$367 million bond package to include teacher housing component The bond is broken into six sections, represented as propositions C-H on the ballot. Voters may approve one, some, all or none of them. P ugerville ISD Chief Financial Ocer Jennifer Land said the bond will not increase the district’s proposed tax rate of $1.2646 for the 2022-23 scal year and will not a ect property taxes.
$367M BOND ELECTION Propositions C-H BREAKING DOWN THE FUNDS
Proposition G: $76 million • Design and construction of a districtwide career and technical education, or CTE, center
PROPOSITION C: $190.28 MILLION *
HVAC and mechanical needs: $68.8 million Capital improvement projects: $56.8 million Elementary school additions and renovations: $30 million Land purchase for future projects: $21.5 million Districtwide safety and security upgrades: $9.65 million
Weiss High School weight room: $2.5 million Other upgrades: Performance lighting upgrades at select elementary schools: $450,000 Park Crest Middle School scoreboards: $45,000
Proposition H: $43.92 million • Purchase land for and build a ordable housing for teachers Proposition F: $400,000 • Wiring of The P eld for headsets and microphones • New scoreboards for Hendrickson High School
Proposition D: $54 million • Devices for students and sta • Network security • Infrastructure improvements Proposition E: $3 million • Upgrades to the P ugerville High School performing arts facilities • Upgrades to sound systems at four schools
Connally High School sports washer and dryer: $35,000
*DUE TO ROUNDING, PROJECTS LISTED UNDER PROPOSITION C DO NOT EQUAL $190.28 MILLION.
SOURCE: PFLUGERVILLE ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT
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