Maypearl ISD School Funding Election
Frequently Asked Questions From Our Community

A School Funding Election, or Voter-Approval Tax Ratification Election (VATRE), is a commonly used funding option allowed by the Texas Legislature after several rounds of school funding cuts by the Legislature. It enables voters to provide their direction on funding local schools in a manner that meets community expectations. If approved by voters, the School Funding Election would provide the funds to maintain our small class sizes as we continue to grow, grow college prep & career training programs, improve salaries to retain and attract teachers to our classrooms, and enhance student safety and campus crime protection programs.

Yes. More than 600 school districts in Texas, including the overwhelming majority of districts in North Texas, have already passed a School Funding Election.

Yes. All decisions that impact our students, teachers, and taxpayers are based on the collective input of our Board of Trustees and Administrators received from families and residents we serve.

As we do every year, we took a close look at the competitive teacher salaries in districts across Texas, our students' academic needs, class sizes, Career & Technical Education and college prep offerings, safety and security requirements, and other key areas of our district budget.

Although lawmakers in Austin gave local school districts a slight boost in funding in the most recent legislative session, this increase doesn’t keep up with inflation and still doesn't make up for the substantial funding cuts made in previous years.

Due to recent tax rate cuts, efficiency programs by the district, and the Texas Legislature recently increasing the homestead exemption, if the School Funding Election were to pass and allow for a 3¢ increase to our Maintenance and Operations budget, our tax rate would remain 28% lower than 10 years ago.

The average homeowner in Maypearl ISD would see a $188 DECREASE in their property tax bill when compared to last year.

Homeowners 65 years of age and older will never see an increase in their tax levy because of the senior citizen homestead exemption.

Yes. Maypearl ISD will keep our efficiency policies in place, which have helped us receive high rankings for transparency and district accountability from state agencies.

Please contact us at 972-435-1000. The Maypearl ISD staff, administrators and Board of Trustees will do their best to accommodate all questions and concerns.

The leaders of Maypearl ISD will look to our community to decide where they would like us to cut costs in the district. These considerations will include reducing teacher salaries, downsizing teacher and educator staffing, increasing class sizes, cutting academic, CTE, fine arts, and athletic and extracurricular programs, decreasing safety and security efforts, and trimming down college preparation and career training offerings.