Fort Bend ISD residents will have a ballot item up for vote this November that would alter the tax rate to raise money for teacher raises, staff pay increases, and provide armed security officers at campus elementary schools.
The district projects Abbot's tax bill will save the average homeowner within Fort Bend ISD more than $1,100. The VATRE item would require residents to put some of those savings, around $108 per year, into the school district. The revenue would be used to raise teacher salaries by $2,500 with larger raises for more experienced teachers, and increase bus driver and teacher aide pay by $1.50 an hour.
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