Lindale ISD cuts tax rates, approves budgets

Lindale—The Lindale ISD Board of Trustees adopted a total tax rate of $0.9519 during a special called school board meeting on Monday, Aug. 26.  

The 2024-2025 tax rate was reduced by .0023 cents from last year’s total tax rate. Lindale ISD has now cut the total tax rate by 43.58 cents over the last six years. Each year, Lindale ISD continues to cut the total tax rate.  

“I am so proud of our school board,” Superintendent Stan Surratt said. “The LISD Board of Trustees has created a plan to improve our teacher pay scale and to also improve pay for support staff, while cutting the tax rate for all Lindale ISD property owners.”  

“I am appreciative of how the LISD Board of Trustees is supporting teachers through an increase in pay, while also being able to reduce the total tax rate for the LISD community,” Michelle Tate, LISD’s chief financial officer, said. “The LISD Board of Trustees was able to reduce the tax rate and adopt a balanced budget with no increase in funding from the State of Texas.” 

SOURCE Lindale ISD