On Nov. 4, southern Denton County voters will hit the polls to decide on a variety of items including school district and city propositions, as well as 17 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution.

Denton ISD and Northwest ISD have both called for special elections that will raise taxes in order to fund district maintenance and operations expenses.

According to the districts, the extra funds will “cover costs for teacher retention, recruiting, classroom resources and student programs.”

While it is technically a tax increase, both districts claim taxpayers still won’t pay as much in taxes as the year before due to recent property tax relief bills passed by the Texas Legislature.

Northwest ISD proposed a 3-cent increase, which the district said would generate $12 million in revenue.

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