Texas Education Code
§ 44.004 — NOTICE OF BUDGET AND TAX RATE MEETING; BUDGET ADOPTION
ED § 44.004Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part I. SCHOOL FINANCE AND FISCAL MANAGEMENT · Ch. 44. FISCAL MANAGEMENT · Art. A. SCHOOL DISTRICT FISCAL MANAGEMENT
Statute text
View on source(a)When the budget has been prepared under Section 44.002, the president shall call a meeting of the board of trustees for the purpose of adopting a budget for the succeeding fiscal year.
(b)The president shall provide for the publication of notice of the budget and proposed tax rate meeting in a daily, weekly, or biweekly newspaper published in the district. If no daily, weekly, or biweekly newspaper is published in the district, the president shall provide for the publication of notice in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the district's central administrative office is located. Notice under this subsection shall be published not earlier than the 30th day or later than the 10th day before the date of the hearing.
(c)The notice of public meeting to discuss and adopt the budget and the proposed tax rate may not be smaller than one-quarter page of a standard-size or a tabloid-size newspaper, and the headline on the notice must be in 18-point or larger type. Subject to Subsection (d), the notice must:
(1)contain a statement in the following form: "NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE "The (name of school district) will hold a public meeting at (time, date, year) in (name of room, building, physical location, city, state). The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the school district's budget that will determine the tax rate that will be adopted. Public participation in the discussion is invited." The statement of the purpose of the meeting must be in bold type. In reduced type, the notice must state: "The tax rate that is ultimately adopted at this meeting or at a separate meeting at a later date may not exceed the proposed rate shown below unless the district publishes a revised notice containing the same information and comparisons set out below and holds another public meeting to discuss the revised notice." In addition, in reduced type, the notice must state: "Visit Texas.gov/PropertyTaxes to find a link to your local property tax database on which you can easily access information regarding your property taxes, including information about proposed tax rates and scheduled public hearings of each entity that taxes your property.";
(2)contain a section entitled "Comparison of Proposed Budget with Last Year's Budget," which must show the difference, expressed as a percent increase or decrease, as applicable, in the amounts budgeted for the preceding fiscal year and the amount budgeted for the fiscal year that begins in the current tax year for each of the following:
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 807 (S.B. 567), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005. Acts 2006, 79th Leg., 3rd C.S., Ch. 5 (H.B. 1), Sec. 1.11, eff. May 31, 2006. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1328 (H.B. 3646), Sec. 66, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 1), Sec. 57.27, eff. September 28, 2011. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.006, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 209 (H.B. 2723), Sec. 1, eff. June 3, 2021. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1005 (S.B. 1453), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2026.