Buffalo ISD board proposes 1.1105 tax rate, schedules Aug. 27 public hearing

The Buffalo ISD Board of Trustees voted to propose a total 2026 tax rate of 1.1105 at a regular meeting after a budget workshop on Aug. 27. The proposal sets the maintenance-and-operations rate at 0.7235 and the interest-and-sinking (debt service) rate at 0.3870; the motion was made, seconded and carried by voice/hand raise.

Administration warned trustees that the district faces revenue pressure from state tax-rate compression and falling average daily attendance, and presented the 1.1105 proposal as a way to preserve debt-service funding while keeping the overall tax burden effectively unchanged. Presenter (speaker label) read the proposed motion on the record: "Buffalo, I see Board of Trustees propose a tax rate of 0.7235 for M&O and 0.3870 for I&S for a total proposed tax rate of 1.1105 for 2026." Trustees then moved and seconded the motion; the board indicated the motion carried by voice vote.

A separate board motion set a public hearing on the 2026-27 proposed budget and the proposed tax rate for Thursday, Aug. 27 at 5:30 p.m., followed by a scheduled adoption meeting at 6:00 p.m. that same evening. The hearing and adoption meeting are required procedural steps under state law before the board may adopt a final tax rate.