2025 Prop A, B, C Election Information

OFFICIAL BALLOT LANGUAGE: Ratifying the ad valorem tax rate of $1.0300 per $100 valuation in the Fort Stockton Independent School District for the current year, a rate that will result in an increase of - 6.18% in maintenance and operations tax revenue for the District for the current year as compared to the preceding year, which is an additional -$1,391,065.

Ballot language can be complex. When Fort Stockton ISD voters get their ballots, they will not read how Proposition A revenue will be used or how much the state will contribute. The revenue generated by Proposition A will go toward recruiting and retaining staff and maintaining teacher and staff stipends.

The passage of Prop A will not impact homeowners 65 years and older or disabled who have filed for and received a homestead exemption. Their taxes will not exceed the frozen amount established when their exemption was granted, unless an addition or renovation was made to their home. Check your most recent Notice of Assessed Value Change to see if you will be impacted or contact the Pecos County Appraisal District for more information.

No. Prop A is NOT a bond election and does not create new debt. It creates additional funding for the maintenance and operations (M&O) side of the district’s budget.  

Early voting will take place at any Pecos County voting location between October 20 and October 31.

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State law requires that school districts seek voter approval to raise their tax rate above a prescribed amount. Prop A will allow Fort Stockton ISD voters to approve or disapprove the proposed tax rate for the Maintenance & Operations (M&O) side of the budget, which funds school district operations, including staff salaries, student programs, safety & security, transportation, maintenance, and other daily operating expenses. 

The loss of Formula Transition Grant (FTG) funds at the end of the 2023-2024 school year resulted in an annual loss of $3 million to the funds used to educate our students and pay our staff members.

The 20% is deducted from value of your homestead first, then the $100K is deducted. This means that you pay no school taxes if your home is valued at $125,000 or less. The average home in Fort Stockton is valued at $158K, so you would only pay taxes on the difference in this case the taxable value would be $26.4K. Formula is as follows: (Value of home - 20% LOHE - 100K Homestead) / $100 * 1.0488 = Tax Bill

Example: ($158K - $31.6K - $100K = $26.4K) / $100 = 264 * 1.0488 = $276.88 Taxes Owed

Take it a step further to determine effective tax rate: Divide Taxes Owed by (Total value of Home/$100) = Effective Rate

$276.88 / (158K / $100)= 0.1752 This means you paid equivalent of only 0.1752 cents for the $158K Home