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Tax Rate Information

Current and Proposed Tax Rate

The 2025 adopted tax rate for Diboll ISD is $1.0002. The combined tax rate is a combination of an M&O tax rate of $0.7552 and an I&S tax rate of $0.2450. 

The 2026 proposed tax rate is $1.0774 as of August 2026. The combined tax rate is a combination of an M&O tax rate of $0.7552 and an I&S tax rate of $0.3222. 

The 2026 tax rate will be adopted on August 31,2026.

 

This year’s tax levy to fund maintenance and operations expenditures does not exceed last year’s maintenance and operations tax levy.

Property Tax Information

Visit Texas.gov, PropertyTax Transparency to find a link to your local property tax database on which you can easily access information regarding your property taxes, including information regarding the amount of taxes that each entity that taxes your property will impose if the entity adopts its proposed tax rate. Your local property tax database will be updated regularly during August and September as local elected officials propose and adopt the property tax rates that will determine how much you pay in property taxes.

All Diboll ISD taxes are collected by the Angelina County Tax Office.  Property owners will receive one consolidated bill from Angelina County.  Tax payments are not accepted at the Diboll ISD Administration Building, but should be either mailed or taken in person to one of the Angelina County offices.

Angelina County Tax Assessor-Collector, Lufkin Office
211 E Shepherd
Lufkin, TX 75901
(936) 634-8376

Other payment locations can be found at the 
Angelina County Tax Office Website

Understanding Tax Rates

Funding for public schools in Texas comes from three main sources: local school district property taxes, state funds and federal funds. The vast majority of funding comes from local property taxes and state funding.  The state establishes the total amount of state and local funding due to school districts under Texas school finance law. These laws limit school districts’ ability to generate revenue locally. 

The combined tax rate for Diboll ISD is actually two separate rates that support two separate funds. These funds have separate functions and specific rules govern how these funds can be spent. These separate tax rates are maintenance and operations (M&O) and interest and sinking (I&S). Every year each tax rate is adopted by the School Board.

M&O Tax Rate

M&O taxes fund the general operations of the District and are subject to the state's funding formula for public education. This is the part of the budget that pays for staff, utilities, supplies, general maintenance of facilities and all the costs associated with running our schools on a daily basis. As schools are a people-intensive business, about 80 percent of these funds go to personnel costs. 

I&S Tax Rate

I&S taxes fund the costs generated by the issuance of school building bonds. Bonds pay for building new facilities, renovations of existing facilities and large infrastructure upgrades.  Diboll ISD must seek the approval of voters to authorize the issuance of bonds. Bond elections don't raise the I&S tax rate, but costs associated with bonds can influence the I&S tax rate.  Although voters have to approve an entire bond program, the bonds are only issued as school projects are needed rather than all at once. Most bonds are issued for 30 years, but the principal amount issued for short term assets, such as technology, are paid off more quickly.

Tax Rate History

Tax Year M&O I&S Total Rate
2008 1.0400 0.0000 1.0400
2009 1.0400 0.3200 1.3600
2010 1.1700 0.1100 1.2800
2011 1.1700 0.1100 1.2800
2012 1.1700 0.1100 1.2800
2014 1.1700 0.1100 1.2800
2015 1.1700 0.1100 1.2800
2016 1.1700 0.1100 1.2800
2017 1.1700 0.1100 1.2800
2018 1.1700 0.1100 1.2800
2019 1.0683 0.1100 1.1783
2020 1.0547 0.1100 1.1647
2021 0.9672 0.2435 1.2107
2022 0.9429 0.2500 1.1929
2023 0.7674 0.2150 0.9824
2024 0.7552 0.2450 1.0002
2025 0.7552 0.2450 1.0002
2026 0.7552 0.3222 1.0774

 

Business Office

Tara McGlothlin
Director of Finance

(936) 829-6185