AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Voters on Tuesday rejected the Hays Consolidated Independent School District’s Proposition A, a tax rate increase that would have gone towards teacher pay and inflation.

Hays CISD Superintendent Eric Wright issued a statement Wednesday following the defeat.

“From the outset, we knew that seeking a tax rate increase, given the cost-of-living challenges we are all facing, was a big ask,” Wright said in the statement. “So many household expenses have risen in recent years, and families are working harder than ever to navigate financial obstacles.”

Wright added that several other area city and school district requests for tax rate increases were rejected Tuesday. The city of Austin was one of them. Austin voters rejected Proposition Q, which would have increased property ta

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