{"id":458789,"date":"2026-10-07T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T06:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/458789\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T06:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T06:00:07","slug":"dripping-springs-isd-taxpayers-to-see-slightly-higher-bills-southwest-austin-dripping-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/458789\/","title":{"rendered":"Dripping Springs ISD taxpayers to see slightly higher bills | Southwest Austin – Dripping Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dripping Springs ISD<\/a> homeowners may see a slight increase in tax bills despite the district adopting a lower tax rate due to increased home values in the area. <\/p>\n

The big picture<\/p>\n

The board of trustees adopted an ad valorem tax rate of $1.0985 per $100 of valuation at a Sept. 28 meeting<\/a>. The total rate includes a maintenance and operations rate of $0.7485 per $100 of valuation and an interest and sinking rate of $0.35. <\/p>\n

M&O revenue funds daily operations, including salaries, classroom supplies and transportation. I&S revenue is used to repay bond debt and cannot fund daily operations of the district. <\/p>\n

The adopted rate is $0.0067 lower than the previous fiscal year’s rate and about $0.0044 higher than the no-new-revenue tax rate, which would raise the same amount in property tax revenue as the previous year. <\/p>\n

A closer look<\/p>\n

The M&O rate is composed of two parts: Tier 1 and Tier 2. The Tier 1 rate, or the maximum compressed rate<\/a>, is set by the Texas Education Agency<\/a> after receiving certified property values. <\/p>\n

The maximum compressed rate is the lowest rate a district can adopt and is based on changes in property values in the district. Property value growth can result in tax rate compression, Chief Financial Officer Randy Rau said. If a school district sets the rate below the maximum compressed rate, state law reduces the district’s basic allotment. <\/p>\n

The local impact<\/p>\n

The average taxable value of a residence in Dripping Springs ISD increased from $557,223 in FY 2025-26 to $562,547 in FY 2026-27. This equates to an estimated $21 increase in tax bills for the average owner. <\/p>\n

What they’re saying<\/p>\n

“We’re able to fully fund this district, we’re able to support the programs that we have, we’re able to pass an albeit modest compensation increase for our teachers … and still bring the tax rate down a little bit,” board member Rob McClelland said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dripping Springs ISD homeowners may see a slight increase in tax bills despite the district adopting a lower…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,52549,51464,156954,75481,12539,25538,2810],"class_list":["post-458789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-dripping-springs-isd","tag-property-values","tag-randy-rau","tag-rob-mcclelland","tag-school-district","tag-tax-rate","tag-texas-education-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458789","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=458789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}