Voters across Galveston County will see a number of measures on the November ballot — including tax rate or bond elections for four school districts — when early voting starts on Monday.

Residents in Dickinson, Hitchcock and Santa Fe ISDs will cast ballots in voter-approval tax rate elections to decide whether to boost district daily operation funds, while Friendswood Independent School District is asking voters to approve a $165 million debt package for facility improvements and additions.

A voter-approval tax rate election is a special election called by a school board, asking voters to approve a tax rate higher than a state-mandated cap. The state cap prevents school districts from increasing revenue more than 2.5 percent from one year to next.

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