At a called meeting on August 26, 2021, the GPISD Board of Trustees voted to set the tax for 2021-2022 at $1.3763 per $100 of valuation. This is a decrease of $0.13 from last year ($0.1334).
The overall tax rate is made up of two parts:
- $0.9603 for the purpose of maintenance and operations
- $0.4160 for the purpose of payment of principal and interest on debts
Including this year’s tax rate decrease, the GPISD Board of Trustees has lowered the tax rate almost twenty-two cents over a three-year period.
The Board also authorized a one-time payment for all eligible staff pending further Board action in October and approved additional COVID leave for employees to assist staff who have COVID absences during this school year.
At a previous meeting, the Board approved pay raises for teachers and staff placing GPISD teachers and principals among the highest paid educators in the DFW metro area.