2023 EDUCATION EDITION
arti cial turf as the only other item, failed by over 5,000 votes. Financial impact The board of trustees voted unan- imously Aug. 1 in favor of calling the school bond election. It is larger than bond packages proposed by other area districts in 2022 and 2023, according to CISD. Compared to districts with similar enrollment numbers, only Klein ISD’s 2022 bond came close. With an enrollment of 53,294, KISD passed a $1.1 billion bond in May 2022. However, Null said the district expects to lower the tax rate this year. The district anticipates a $0.1525 decrease for the 2023-24 tax year to bring the rate to $0.9621, according to the district. “We’re going to lower their tax rate no matter what,” Null said. To learn more about the bond, visit www.conroeisd.net/ bond-planning-committee.
FINDING RELIEF The 2023 bond package is expected to help alleviate the major overcrowding issues Conroe ISD is currently facing. 67 SCHOOLS in the district were operating at an average capacity of 102% in 2022-23. 70 FINDING RELIEF
HISTORIC TAX RATES According to Conroe ISD, since 2018-19, the tax rate has decreased by $0.1654 per $100 valuation and the district is anticipating a further decrease for scal year 2023-24. HISTORIC TAX RATES
$1.23
1.50
$1.176
Anticipated $0.9621
1.20
$1.28
$1.2125
0.90
$1.1146
0.60
73,000 + ENROLLMENT is expected in 2023- 24.
If the 2023 bond package is approved, the estimated tax rate impact is $0.02 per $100 valuation.
0.30
PORTABLE BUILDINGS were approved for the 2023- 24 school year.
0
2018- 2019
2019- 2020
2020- 2021
2021- 2022
2022- 2023
2023- 2024
Academic year
4 CAMPUSES will see more than 10 portable classrooms this year.
SOURCE: CONROE ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT
100K + STUDENTS are expected by 2033.
will be voting against the bond this November. “I ask [the board] to consider the entirety of the bond package is not what the citizens of the district are needing or asking for,” she said. “Given the committee’s skewed makeup … I believe it should be voted down.” Cox said she believes the bond committee was made entirely of
educators and constituents from CISD, swaying the vote in favor of the district. According to previous Community Impact coverage, 56.04% of voters in 2019 approved Proposition A as part of the last bond package. Proposition A included starting Phase 2 of Conroe High School, building four new elementary schools and one junior high. Proposition B, which included
$4.17 MONTHLY, or $50 annually , estimated increase in property tax on average
For more information, visit communityimpact.com .
SOURCE: CONROE ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT
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