Ballot Language

Ballot Language

The Texas Tax Code provides mandatory ballot language, but what does it mean?

  • The TOTAL tax rate of $0.9233 is $0.0014 less than the previous year.

  • The increase of 1.08% references the increase to ONLY the M&O rate (from $0.7290 in 2023 to $0.7369 in 2024)

  • $1,513,042 represents the difference in the tax collections from the $0.7290 M&O rate to $0.7369.

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If the VATRE fails, the district’s M&O tax rate will be $0.7069 rather than $0.7369, resulting in nearly $6 million less in revenue for GCISD.