Victoria, Industrial, and Yoakum ISDs face tax hike rejections as rlection results roll in

VICTORIA, Texas – The Victoria Independent School District (ISD) proposed tax rate increase is projected to be rejected. The proposal called for an additional 9 cents per $100 of property valuation. The funds would have been used to raise employee salaries.

The outcome for the Industrial ISD tax increase has not yet been decided. However, voters in Jackson and Victoria County are leaning to reject the tax increase. The increase would have raised the maintenance and operation tax revenue by 10.5%. Employee compensation would have been boosted by an additional total of $902,492.

In Lavaca and DeWitt counties, voters rejected a Yoakum ISD tax rate increase. The measure was defeated by 61%. The proposed tax increase was 1 dollar per $100 of property valuation. Yoakum ISD would have gained $857,000 if the increase passed.

Lavaca county voters are also not in favor of passing the $25 million Hallettsville ISD bond. The proposal called for an 8 cent increase to the district's tax rate, which would have funded the construction of new facilities for physical education, fine arts, and the athletics department.

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