ARANSAS COUNTY, Texas — Rockport-Fulton Independent School District is asking voters to approve additional funding through a Voter Approval Tax Rate Election this November. If passed, the measure would result in a 6.32% tax rate increase.

The district is seeking approval for two enrichment "golden pennies" that would generate $958,507 in additional annual funding.

"They vote whether they're going to add additional we call them enrichment pennies to our M&O tax rate. So there's actually two levy taxes that equal the total tax rate that goes on to our property owners," Rockport-Fulton ISD Superintendent, Lesley Austin said.

Austin explained that these levy taxes are divided into two categories: Maintenance and Operations (M&O) and Interest and Sinking (I&S).

"You've got M&O, it's salarie

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