School taxes will not change with 2013-2014 budget year

By Marlene J. Bohr
mbohr@steelcountrybee.com
The Hughes Springs Independent School District board of trustees approved the proposed tax rate for the 2013-14 year at its Aug. 12 meeting. The tax rate will be $1.119046 per $100 valuation.
Business Manager Derick Sibley gave a budget presentation on the proposed budget and tax rate. Tax rate proposed is the same as the last four years.
Final approval of the tax rate and adopting the budget will be held at the Aug. 29 meeting.
“The budget has an increase of 4.3 percent, but that may go down,” Mr. Sibley said. The proposed budget is $9.4 million. Last year’s budget was about $9.1 million.”
LeAnn Lee from the Cass County Appraisal District presented and answered questions on the Appraisal District’s proposed budget. Mrs. Lee discussed the budget and staff and said they are having a difficult time keeping qualified staff. She said salaries were the reason.
The board approved the Professional Development Appraisal System appraisers and the appraiser calendar. This is for teacher evaluations. Other approvals included the employee and campus handbooks, the student code of conduct, and the Morris County Extension agents for adjunct status for extracurricular activities.

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