Seguin ISD’s Proposition A asks voters on Nov. 3 to ratify a $1.0828 tax rate that the ballot says would produce $942,852 more in local maintenance and operations revenue than the preceding year.
The district estimates that the local revenue would bring about $1.5 million a year in additional state funding, for a rounded combined total of about $2.4 million.
From the source record
The third bar is the district’s rounded total of the first two sources, not additional money.
The question for taxpayers is how two statements can both be true: the district says its total tax rate is unchanged from the prior year, while the ballot describes an increase in local operating revenue. The answer lies in the rate’s two parts and in how taxable property values affect collections.
What the money would pay for
Here is the funding split stated in the district’s election materials. The ballot gives an exact local revenue figure; the district rounds its state funding estimate and its combined total. Adding the rounded figures as though each were exact would give a false sense of precision.