Voters in some North Texas school districts are asking residents to approve new property tax rate increases.

The districts holding what's called Voter Approved Tax Rate Elections or VATRE, include: Carroll, HEB, Garland, Denton, Northwest, Bland, Rockwall, Crandall, and Peaster ISDs.

CBS News Texas spoke with Libby Cohen, the executive director of the organization Raise Your Hand Texas , which advocates for public education. We asked why school districts are doing this now, just as voters are also considering raising homestead exemptions , in an effort to lower their school property taxes.

"It's important for viewers to understand what's happened in school funding, especially in the last five years," Cohen said. "So, as we've all experienced in our daily lives since 2019, inflatio

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