Spring ISD residents can get their Proposition A questions answered at a community meeting Wednesday, Sept. 23, at Carl Wunsche Sr. High School.

The session starts at 6 p.m. at the school, 900 Wunsche Loop. It is one of the district's final scheduled information sessions before the Oct. 5 voter registration deadline.

Proposition A, a Voter Approval Tax Rate Election (VATRE), would raise Spring ISD's Maintenance & Operations tax rate by 2 cents, from $1.1369 to $1.1569 per $100 of property value. For a home valued at $250,000, that works out to about $55 a year, or less than $5 a month for homeowners with a homestead exemption.

The Spring ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Aug. 17 to place the measure on the Nov. 3 ballot. The district serves about 33,590 students across 41 schools. Dr. Tamika Alford-Stephens, the district's chief of business operations, said the 2-cent increase would generate roughly $5.6 million in additional local revenue and unlock about $9.9 million in state funding, for a combined $15.5 million.

That money would go toward daily operations: teacher and staff pay, student programs, transportation and utilities. It would not fund construction or bond projects.

Spring ISD placed a similar measure on the 2024 ballot. That measure failed, the Houston Chronicle reported. The district also closed two schools last year as it manages declining enrollment and rising costs.

Board Trustee Winford Adams Jr. said at the Aug. 19 board meeting that voters in 2024 confused bond funds with the district's operating budget. Adams said bond money is restricted to capital projects and cannot pay for employee raises, a distinction the district is working to clarify this time around.

Homeowners age 65 or older, or those with a disability homestead exemption, are generally protected by a tax ceiling. Proposition A would not increase their Spring ISD taxes above that cap.

The district has already held two earlier sessions: a virtual meeting on Sept. 16 and an in-person session at Randall Reed Community Center on Sept. 17. Spring ISD said additional meeting details are available at springisd.org/page/propa-2026.

Key dates for Spring voters:

• Oct. 5 — Last day to register to vote
• Oct. 19–30 — Early voting
• Nov. 3 — Election Day, polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.