Tarrant County College has increased its property tax rate by 6.88% for 2026, while the college estimates the annual tax on its average residential homestead will rise by $5.83, or 1.44%.<\/p>\n
The TCC Board of Trustees approved<\/a> the increase on September 10, setting the rate at $0.120000 per $100 of taxable property value, up from $0.112280 last year.<\/p>\n The college\u2019s no-new-revenue rate was $0.112110. The no-new-revenue rate is designed to generate approximately the same property tax revenue from properties taxed in both years.<\/p>\n TCC\u2019s adopted rate exceeds that threshold.<\/p>\n The college estimates its total property tax levy will increase from roughly $306.2 million to $326 million, an increase of nearly $19.9 million, or 6.5%.<\/p>\n TCC\u2019s tax notice<\/a> estimates the annual tax on an average residence homestead will rise from $404.09 to $409.92. That increase is smaller than the rate increase because the calculation uses an average taxable homestead value that declined by 5.08%, from $359,898 to $341,599.<\/p>\n The estimate compares each year\u2019s average taxable homestead value. Individual homeowners\u2019 bills will depend on their property\u2019s taxable value and applicable exemptions.<\/p>\n Tarrant County government\u2019s published tax proposal took a different approach, calling for a rate of $0.1860 per $100, down from $0.1862 last year and slightly below its $0.1861 no-new-revenue rate, according to the county\u2019s official meeting notice<\/a>.<\/p>\n Even with the lower proposed rate, the county estimated its average homestead tax bill would increase from $515.68 to $516.40 because average taxable homestead values increased. The notice scheduled commissioners\u2019 vote for September 15.<\/p>\n Tarrant County College and Tarrant County government are separate taxing entities governed by different elected boards, but both collect property taxes from property owners within their respective jurisdictions.<\/p>\n Other North Texas community colleges are also taking different approaches.<\/p>\n Dallas College\u2019s public hearing notice<\/a> proposed maintaining its total rate at $0.106575 per $100, unchanged from 2025 but above its $0.100224 no-new-revenue rate. Under that proposal, the college estimated the average homestead tax would increase $23.79, or 5.76%, while its total property tax levy would grow by approximately $32.2 million, or 6.71%.<\/p>\n A subsequent adoption notice, updated September 10, confirms<\/a> that Dallas College adopted a rate that will raise more property taxes for maintenance and operations. The notice says the maintenance-and-operations rate itself remains unchanged from the previous year.<\/p>\n Weatherford College also increased<\/a> its property tax rate. Trustees approved a rate of $0.114716 per $100 of taxable property value, up from $0.106087, an increase of roughly 8.1%.<\/p>\n The differences are not limited to community colleges.<\/p>\n Dallas County commissioners adopted a property tax rate of $0.248650 per $100 of taxable property value for 2026, compared with $0.215500 last year, an increase of approximately 15.4%.<\/p>\n The county\u2019s official notice<\/a> says the adopted budget will raise approximately $189.4 million more in property tax revenue than the previous year\u2019s budget, an increase of 22.51%.<\/p>\n Dallas County\u2019s adopted rate also exceeds its voter-approval tax rate, meaning voters are scheduled to decide on November 3 whether to approve or reject the higher rate.<\/p>\n The county estimates taxes on a median homestead would rise from $558.97 to $666.52 under the adopted rate. At the county\u2019s no-new-revenue rate of $0.203785, the same median homestead would instead face an estimated $546.26 county tax bill.<\/p>\n The comparisons illustrate an important distinction in Texas property taxation. A taxing entity can keep or even lower its nominal tax rate while collecting more property tax revenue because property values and the tax base can increase.<\/p>\n For that reason, the no-new-revenue rate provides another measure of whether a local government\u2019s adopted rate represents an effective tax increase.<\/p>\n TCC officials have cited growing enrollment, workforce investments, changes in state funding and declining taxable property values among the financial pressures facing the college. When trustees approved the college\u2019s $429.4 million operating budget<\/a> in August, TCC said the spending plan was intended to protect instruction and high-demand workforce programs while responding to those financial challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tarrant County College has increased its property tax rate by 6.88% for 2026, while the college estimates the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151,151367,151368,151365,151369,151366],"class_list":["post-436823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news","tag-homestead-tax-bill","tag-no-new-revenue-rate","tag-property-taxes-2026","tag-tarrant-county-college-tax-rate","tag-tcc-board-of-trustees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}