EDUCATION BRIEFS
News from Clear Creek ISD
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS CLEAR CREEK ISD While renovating an old League City school building, contract worker Armando Rodriguez found an unintentional time capsule: a purse thought to be from 1959. The city of League City converted CCISD’s oldest school building into a new community center. During construction, the purse and its contents, including notes and photos, were found beneath rotting floorboards. Based on the photos and journal entries found in the purse, League City officials determined the owner is a person named Andrea “Beverly” Williams who lost the purse in 1959, according to a news release. While Williams died years ago living in Washington state, three of her daughters—including Deborah Hicks, wife of League City City Council Member Justin Hicks— still live in the Houston area, and were able to gather to view the purse and its contents. Williams previously attended Clear Creek Intermediate and Clear Creek High School. Clear Creek ISD will meet at 6 p.m. Oct. 24 and 4:30 p.m. Nov. 7 at 2425 E. Main St., League City. Meetings are streamed at www.youtube.com/ user/ccisdtv. MEETINGS WE COVER
Clear Creek ISD reduces property tax rate again
REDUCING RATES Clear Creek ISD tax rates have decreased each year for four years as property values increase.
$0.80 $1 $1.20 $1.40 $1.60
$1.1146
BY DANIEL WEEKS
CLEAR CREEK ISD On Sept. 19, the Clear Creek ISD board of trustees approved the district’s 2022-23 tax rate at $1.1146 per $100 of valuation, continuing its streak of lowering the annual rate. Under the new rate adopted at a Sept. 19 board meet- ing, the owner of a $300,000 home would pay $3,343 in property taxes to CCISD, a reduction of $195 from the previous year, assuming no change in property value. According to a presentation from Chief Financial Offi- cer Alice Benzaia, the new rate is a reduction of $0.0651 from the previous year’s tax rate of $1.1797. She said in the new rate, $0.8446 will be allocated toward the general service fund, and $0.27 will be for the debt service fund. The rate the board approved Sept. 21 is a further decrease in the proposed rate from the previous board meeting on the topic. Benzaia said the total 2022 taxable property values were certified at $32 billion, a 10% increase over the 2021 taxable property values. She said the average taxable value of residences rose from $255,603 last year to $268,961 this year, causing taxes on average residences to decrease from $3,015 to $2,997 with the new rate, a change of about $18.
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*PER $100 VALUATION
SOURCE: CLEAR CREEK ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
Benzaia previously said property tax rates, the dis- trict’s main source of funding, decrease with every 2.5% increase in property values. “Property value growth that we’ve seen has allowed us to bring the rate down,” Benzaia said. “We’ve also had savings from refinancing some of our debt over the years, so our debt payments we’ve been able to reduce from our initial expectations.” The new rate was adopted amid budget shortfalls the district continues to face due to the COVID-19 pandemic. School district funding from the state is directly tied to overall enrollment and average daily attendance, both of which dropped in the 2020-21 school year.
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