Impact of Schulenburg ISD’s bond on school property taxes examined

Property owners will pay significantly less in school taxes for tax year 2023 through legislation that authorized $18 billion in Texas’ budget surplus to be allocated toward property tax relief in the form of rate compression and an increase in the homestead exemption from $40,000 to $100,000.

Schulenburg ISD’s bond, with two propositions totaling $19,595,000, would minimally impact that savings. I…