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ICISD Budget and Tax Meeting for 2023 and 2024

That golden color you might be seeing in Irion County now is not our Fall coloring, but could be the native Tickle Tongue tree losing its leaves from the heat and lack of rain.

 

Update: this page was updated with new language at the first bullet point at about 5:00 am on August 28, 2023.


Below is the agenda for the 6:00 ICISD board meeting on Monday, August 28, 2023, with my comments below the agenda.


GOOD PARENTING CIVICS TIP: Parents, consider coming to this meeting and at agenda item 3 a asking the school board to increase the salary of your child's teacher. (Discussions at the previous two board meetings indicate that teachers may only get a one step raise for the 23-24 budget cycle, which will likely be less than the rate of inflation. In other words, teachers at ICISD will essentially be getting a pay decrease.) I attended school board meetings when my own children were in public school, and during open forum I advocated for increased teacher pay. I can assure you that being a public advocate for better teacher pay (it is not enough to tell the principal) will garner both you and your child great good will with their teachers and directly impact their education in a positive way. "Democracy is not a spectator sport" can also mean speaking positively during open forum about how you want your tax dollars spent.


Comments:

  • Unless you have been either monitoring this site or regularly attending meetings like I have, you wouldn't know from this agenda that it is at this meeting that the District will be making up for an approximate $145,000 budget deficit. Taxpayers should not be kept in the dark about budget shortfalls, nor should they be kept in the dark about budget amendments. (The "as amended" language does not give a citizen sufficient notice to protest the budget amendment during open forum.) The wording in this public meeting is not taxpayer friendly, and it is taxpayers who are the lifeblood of our public education system.

  • Here is the Board policy on public comment, should you choose to speak on the proposed tax rates or teacher pay. To be safe, read both the Legal Framework and Local Policy.

  • If Irion County Tax Assessor Collector Joyce Gray makes a presentation, as she usually does at this meeting, listen up. You are certain to learn from her.

  • Proposition 4 of the November 7, 2023 constitutional amendment vote will likely come up during this meeting. Here is the ballot language that you will be voting on.

  • Watch for updates to this site following the August 28 board meeting.

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