The District’s Facility Advisory Committee, representing a cross-section of the community, played a key role in this decision. Parents, teachers, staff, students, and community members met several times over the Fall of 2025. They toured and reviewed the district’s current facilities and discussed academic priorities with district administration. The committee identified needs and developed a recommendation for the Board presented on February 9, 2026.

No.  By law, if you receive an Age 65 or Older Exemption, your homestead tax rate cannot be raised above the frozen level unless you make significant improvements to your home.  A significant improvement would be anything beyond normal maintenance or repair, such as building a swimming pool or adding a garage or game room.

Under state law, if you have applied for and received the Age 65 Freeze on your homestead, your school taxes CANNOT be raised above their frozen level unless you make significant improvements or additions to your home. To apply for the Age 65 freeze, contact your county’s Central Appraisal District.

State law requires all school district bond election ballots to be printed with: “This is a property tax increase”. Under state law, if you have applied for and received the Age 65 Freeze on your homestead, your school taxes CANNOT be raised above their frozen level unless you make significant improvements or additions to your home. To apply for the Age 65 freeze, contact your county’s Central Appraisal District.

By law, bond funds cannot be used for payroll expenses or any daily operational costs such as utilities, supplies, fuel, and insurance.  Instead, bond funds can only be used for new buildings, additions and renovations, land acquisition, technology infrastructure and equipment, or school buses.

A school district’s tax rate is comprised of two components or “buckets”. The first bucket is the Maintenance and Operations budget (M&O), which funds daily costs and recurring or consumable expenditures such as teacher and staff salaries, supplies, software and utilities. The second bucket is the Interest and Sinking budget (I&S), also known as Debt Service, and that is for longer-term capital improvements approved by voters through bond elections. I&S funds cannot by law be used to pay M&O expenses, which means that voter-approved bonds cannot be used to increase teacher salaries or pay rising costs for utilities and services.

Voting locations, dates, and times are coming soon!

Anyone at least 18 years of age and living within the boundaries of Waskom ISD is eligible to vote.  You must be registered by April 2, 2026 in order to participate in this election.

You can check your voter registration status or start a new voter registration application here: Register to Vote in Texas | VoteTexas.gov

If you need to update your address, you can simply fill out the change online.