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COMPILED BY ANDY LI, ANNA LOTZ AND KARAMCINTYRE
District to offer free and reduced-price lunches
Board adopts reduced 1.23 tax rate for 2019-20 CONROE ISD Conroe ISD’s board of trustees adopted a tax rate of . per valuation for scal year - , a -cent decrease from the previous year. The board unanimously approved RATE CHANGES The proposed 2019-20 tax rate in Conroe ISD is $0.05 lower than the 2018-19 rate.
child, homeless, runaway, migrant or displaced by a declared disaster; or be enrolled in Head Start or Even Start. Families may apply online at www.myschoolapps.com or ll out an application at W. Lewis St., Conroe. CISD is working to identify the stu- dents who qualify due to their status or enrollment and will inform them they do not need to ll out an applica- tion, according to the release. Households wishing to decline benets may reach out to program specialist Dina Herrick at - - or dherrick@conroeisd.net.
CONROE ISD Free and reduced-price meals are available to qualifying children in the - school year in Conroe ISD, according to a news release from the district. To qualify, children must meet one of the four requirements. They must be living in a household with an income at or below the eligibility levels; be living in a household receiving the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations; be considered a foster
TAX RATE PER $100 VALUATION:
the proposed rate, which will be lower than the . eective tax rate for the year, at its Aug. meeting. The eective tax rate is the rate required to generate the same revenue as the previous year. “We have been working with our nancial adviser, and this plan is more aggressive, but it is not irre- sponsible,” Chief Financial Ocer Darren Rice said. As a result of House Bill , the dis- trict’s maintenance and operations rate dropped from . to . per valuation. The bill also pre- vented the district from transferring unassigned funds to pay down the debt service rate. Rice said in order to lower the tax rate, the board will transfer . million from the debt service fund to keep the debt service tax rate at . . “The state of Texas made these bold promises that taxes were going to go down ... but because of property values, it doesn’t necessarily mean your tax bills [are] going down,” trustee Skeeter Hubert said. The board also approved its -
$1.28 $1.23 $0.22 $0.26
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Debt service
$1.06
$0.97
Maintenance and operations
$0.05 DECREASE
INCOME ELIGIBILITY Families meeting certain eligibility requirements may receive free or reduced-price lunches.
SOURCE:CONROE ISD/ COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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budget of . million in expendi- tures and . million in revenue. Rice claried the prospective . million bond on the Nov. bal- lot is not included in the budget and would not require a tax rate increase. In the public hearing before the tax rate was approved, several taxpayers complained the previous tax rate was above the eective rate. Citizens have stated they would not support the board or the bond if it was raised above that rate. The board’s next meeting is Sept. at p.m. at W. Davis St., Conroe.
FOR FREE LUNCH
$21,983 $27,729 $33,475 $39,221
FOR REDUCED LUNCH
$31,284 $39,461
$47,638 $55,815
For a full list of family sizes and income requirements, visit www.conroeisd.org.
SOURCE:CONROE ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACTNEWSPAPER
Conroe ISD to implement full-day pre-K pilot
on a small scale before expanding the program districtwide,” Blakelock said. Following the pilot program, CISD plans to start oering full-day options at all campuses currently oering half-day programs. Full-day pre-K is a mandate of state House Bill , which was signed into law June . School districts have access to two three-year vouchers to extend the dead- line for the mandate in order to prepare facilities. CISD has indicated it plans to use at least one of its vouchers.
CONROE ISD Conroe ISD will begin testing a pilot program to oer full-day pre-K at two of its elementary cam- puses this fall. CISD Director of Communications Sarah Blakelock said the pilot will be at Sam Houston Elementary School and Houser Elementary School. The two campuses were selected based on their locations and readily available classroom space, she said. “The pilot will allow the district to monitor the program implementation
MEETINGS
The Conroe ISD board of trustees
The Magnolia ISD board of trustees
The Tomball ISD board of trustees
meets at 6 p.m. Sept. 17 at 3205W. Davis St., Conroe. 936-709-7752. www.conroeisd.net
meets at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 14 at 31141 Nichols Sawmill Road, Magnolia. 281-356-3571. www.magnoliaisd.net
meets at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 10 and Oct. 15 at 310 S. Cherry St., Tomball. 281-357-3100. www.tomballisd.net
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