At hypothetical appraised values of $250,000, $350,000 and $500,000, the calculated annual school-only totals are $1,191.08, $2,273.88 and $3,898.08, respectively. Guadalupe.News applied the adopted rate to each value after the exemption; the examples assume no other exemption or tax ceiling.
Hypothetical school-only totals; not individual bills or the difference between passage and rejection.
Take the middle row: $350,000 minus $140,000 leaves $210,000 taxable. Divide by $100 and multiply by $1.0828 to get $2,273.88 for one year. The taxable value and exemptions on a homeowner's own appraisal notice matter more than any example value.
Who pays and who benefits
The district's 2025–26 comparison lists the same $1.0828 total rate, with $0.6778 for operations and $0.4050 for debt. The adopted 2026 rate changes the split between those two parts, even though the listed total is the same. A flat total rate alone does not establish that an individual tax bill will stay flat: taxable values and exemptions also matter.
The election notice estimates $942,852 in additional local maintenance-and-operations revenue, or 2.8% more than the prior year, for staff, campus security, programs and operations. The district's estimated-impact page also projects approximately $1.5 million in additional annual state funding. Those district estimates describe revenue, not a campus-by-campus spending schedule.
What has to go right
For the table to resemble a homeowner's school-tax calculation, that home must qualify for the full general school exemption and have no other exemption or applicable ceiling. The district's estimated-impact page notes that an over-65 ceiling may apply. For a personal estimate, start with your own appraisal notice and exemption status, then apply the district's rate to the taxable value that applies to your account.
What the records don't say
These three examples calculate tax at the adopted rate alone; they do not calculate a pass-versus-fail difference. That comparison needs the rate that would apply after a rejection. Which campuses receive any additional operating money is a question for subsequent district budget records.
Early voting runs through Oct. 30, and the election notice lists Nov. 3 polling hours as 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Readers can inspect the notice for voting details and the adopted-rate resolution for the figure used here. The certified canvass and subsequent rate and budget records are the next checkpoints for what voters decided and how the funding is used.
