Parents and students are encouraged to start buying school supplies for the coming school year. The majority of schools have already released the supply list for the coming year along with the calendar for the coming school year. To find your student's supply list, visit your child's school website. Additionally, the majority of big box stores have started stocking supplies for sale. Eddie Schwartz says "It may prove worth while to buy supplies while most stores have them in stock, and offer and specials can still be found at all price points. I have noticed the closer to the beginning of the school year the harder it is to find good deals on supplies because even though most retailers advertise their low-cost products, the reality is that those products
Governor Abbott has set the date for a Special Session of the Texas Legislature to begin July 18th. Many topics on the agenda, but none more anticipated than the possible property tax cap of 5% on the effective rate. The governing body can currently raise their rate of 8% without residents being able to petition for a rollback election. The “effective rate” refers to the rate determined for the governing body to raise the same total amount of tax dollars from the same local properties as was generated the previous year. However, many agree this will not do much to reduce the home owners tax bill as it is a rate based cap and does nothing to deal with the climbing tax districts soaring
Governor Abbott has set the date for a Special Session of the Texas Legislature to begin July 18th. Many topics on the agenda, but none more anticipated than the possible property tax cap of 5% on the effective rate. The governing body can currently raise their rate of 8% without residents being able to petition for a rollback election. The “effective rate” refers to the rate determined for the governing body to raise the same total amount of tax dollars from the same local properties as was generated the previous year. However, many agree this will not do much to reduce the home owners tax bill as it is a rate based cap and does nothing to deal with the climbing tax districts soaring
