Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD, a semi-rural district on the far East Side of Bexar County, is proposing a 12-cent increase to its M&O rate, which could generate an additional $15 million a year for the district.
It’s a larger ask than last year, when the district put a 6-cent voter-approval tax rate election on the ballot that voters ultimately rejected.
District officials say the extra funds would go toward employee pay, staff retention and student programs like fine arts, career and technical education and athletics.
SCUCISD serves around 14,700 students and is currently dealing with a $14 million budget deficit, which could shrink to $1 million if voters approve the 12-cent voter-approval tax rate election, or VATRE.
If voters say yes, the district’s tax rate would go from $1.0769 to $1.1969 per every $100 of taxable property value for homeowners/taxpayers in the district. For an average home of $317,335, that would be approximately $216 more a year after homestead exemptions.
What is SCUCISD’s Prop A?
Ballot language: Ratifying the ad valorem tax rate of $1.1969 per $100 valuation in the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District for the current year, a rate that will result in an increase of 18 percent in maintenance and operations tax revenue for the District for the current year as compared to the preceding year, which is an additional $8,256,727 for the purpose of recruiting and retaining staff and maintaining program offerings for students.
