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To the Superintendent Addressed:
This is a followup to the survey of August 30, 1999 in which you were asked to project your district’s tax rates for the 1999-2000 school year. Your prompt response to that survey was appreciated. The Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations has now requested the reason(s) districts maintained or raised their tax rates.
Please report to the Texas Education Agency (TEA), using the table below, your tax rates as adopted for the 1999-2000 school year and the primary reason for maintaining or raising the 1999-2000 rates. If your district lowered its tax rates please complete only parts A and C.
Part A
County-District # ________________ District Name ________________________________________ |
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Tax Rates Maintenance & Operations Interest & Sinking Total |
1998-1999 _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ |
1999-2000 (adopted) _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ |
Amount of Change (+ or -) _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ |
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Check the single most significant reason for maintaining or raising your tax rate. Feel free to provide a reason not listed or to add explanatory comments under "Other." |
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___ Salary increases and related expenses ___ Property value decline (not oil & gas) ___ Oil & gas value decline |
___ Enrollment decline ___ New or increasing debt ___ Maximize Tier II |
___ Increase in recapture ___ Depleted Fund Balance ___ Transportation costs |
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Other: ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| Part C | |||||
Printed name of person authorized to complete this form ___________________ Signature _____________ Phone (_____) _______________ Date ________ |
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Return this completed page to TEA by mail or by fax at (512) 463-9227 or (512) 463-9233 by Friday, October 29, 1999. The agency must receive this data on time in order to prepare a report for the Chairman by November 5, 1999.
This information is critical to decision makers in Austin and your prompt attention to this request is essential. Please contact Ed Flathouse at (512) 463-5899 should you have any questions regarding this survey. Again, your cooperation in this and in the earlier survey is appreciated.
Sincerely,
Jim Nelson
Commissioner of Education
For further information on this topic, contact Ed Flathouse at (512) 463-5899