Currently under a state-appointed board of managers and superintendent, South San ISD will ask voters to increase its maintenance and operations rate by 7 cents.
This would generate an extra $2.7 million a year for South San to use on what officials call urgent school roof repairs, and 5% raises for paraprofessionals, teaching and instructional aides, many of whom make less than $15 an hour right now.
It’s one of the few area districts that adopted a balanced budget for the 2026-27 school year, but district officials say extra funds could go a long way.
South San’s proposed increase, which will show up as Prop A on the ballot for district voters, also moves pennies within the tax rates from the I&S side to the M&O side.
What is South San ISD’s Prop A?
Ballot language: This is a tax increase. Ratifying the ad valorem tax rate of $1.1970 per $100 valuation in the South San Antonio Independent School District for the current year, a rate that will result in an increase of 11.44% in maintenance and operations tax revenue for the district for the current year as compared to the preceding year, which is an additional $2,776,267.
