Staff Report

At the Sept. 28 Dripping Springs Board of Trustees meeting, the board approved a property tax rate that represents an 8.5-cent decrease from the 2019-20 rate. The new rate is $1.3332 ($0.9832 Maintenance & Operations/0.35 Interest & Sinking) per $100 of certified property value. This compression of the Maintenance & Operations rate is a result of House Bill 3 that was adopted in the spring of 2019.

This marks the second consecutive year that Dripping Springs ISD has decrea...