Voters within Marble Falls ISD will determine whether to raise their tax rate 2.67 cents to generate $2.2 million to help the district ease a budget deficit.
Proposition A, a school funding election, will be on the ballot for the Nov. 5 election. Early voting starts Monday, Oct. 21, and goes through Friday, Nov. 1.
On the ballot, the socalled Voter Approved Tax Rate Election (VATRE) would increase the tax rate 88.78 cents to 91.22 cents per $100 property valuation. Find the notice about Proposition A on Page 6A. Find a sample ballot in the B-Section. The Marble Falls tax rate is split into two numbers. I&S (debt service) is .2153 cents. The maintenance and operations (M&O) is 67.25 cents per $100 property valuation.