Seguin ISD Voters Narrowly Approve Tax Rate Proposition A

Seguin ISD voters narrowly approved Proposition A, the district's voter-approval tax ratification election, according to unofficial Guadalupe County results posted Nov. 4.

The county's unofficial summary, posted at 2 p.m. Nov. 4 and covering early voting, Election Day, absentee and limited ballots, shows 7,711 votes for the proposition and 7,621 against. That is a margin of 90 votes, our arithmetic, on 15,332 total votes counted in the race, also our arithmetic. The report footer is dated 11/04/2026 at 3:53 a.m. The summary page lists 79 of 79 Election Day precincts reporting. These figures remain unofficial until the canvass. The county elections calendar listed a canvass and release of official results for Monday, Nov. 9. As of this writing on Nov. 10, the county elections page still posted only unofficial result files; no official canvass PDF was found there.

The breakdown on that unofficial report is 5,490 for and 5,174 against in early voting, 1,924 for and 2,189 against on Election Day, and 297 for and 258 against among absentee ballots. For won early voting and absentee ballots; against led on Election Day.

What the ballot asked

The school board's signed order calling the Nov. 3 election set the ballot language as “SEGUIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPOSITION A: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE.” It asked voters whether to ratify an ad valorem tax rate of $1.0828 per $100 valuation for the current year.

That rate, the order says, is comprised of a debt service tax rate of $0.3850 “an amount that is set annually by the Board” and a maintenance and operations tax rate of $0.6978, described as the legal maximum for that rate under current Texas law and the maximum M&O rate the district may levy in later years if voters approved it, subject to annual board approval. The order and ballot state that the rate “will result in an increase of 2.8 percent in maintenance and operations tax revenue for the District for the current year as compared to the preceding year, which is an additional $942,852,” for recruiting and retaining qualified staff, funding safety and security at each campus, and continuing student programs and general operations.

The board adopted the rate in an order dated Aug. 12, 2026, the election order says, and the election was required under Chapter 26 of the Texas Tax Code because the adopted rate exceeded the voter-approval tax rate.

A close count, and revenue figures that are not on the ballot

Seguin Today reported the same unofficial totals, 7,711 for and 7,621 against, in a Nov. 4 account. Superintendent Jack Lee called it “an incredibly close election” and said the community has “different perspectives on how to fund schools.”

“At the end of the day, our focus really hasn't changed. We're here to do what's best for students, and we're going to continue to do that work together. And by Prop A passing, it just allows us to have the resources necessary to make some of that magic happen here at Seguin ISD,” Lee said.

The same report said district officials had previously explained that the measure is expected to generate approximately $2.5 million in additional annual revenue, combining local tax dollars and state matching funds. A Nov. 4 district statement posted on the Seguin ISD website put the combined figure at approximately $2.4 million, including about $950,000 in local tax revenue and $1.5 million in state funding. Neither combined figure is in the ballot language or the signed election order, which state a $942,852 increase in maintenance and operations tax revenue. Those amounts are reported here as they appear in their sources; they are not the same number, and the difference is not reconciled in those documents.

The City of Seguin lists its offices at 205 N. River Street, Seguin, Texas 78155, according to the city contact page, phone 830-379-3212.

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