Project Nexus—a proposed mixed-use development in Pflugerville—has a new timeline as officials with the city of Pflugerville and the Pflugerville Community Development Corporation have begun developing a vision for the 53-acre site.

Overview: In 2025, Pflugerville City Council approved an $18.2 million bond issuance to provide PCDC with the funds to purchase 53 acres located west of Lake Pflugerville. The city and PCDC have since brought on real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle to help develop goals and objectives for the project, which were presented to City Council in early April.

Through work sessions with PCDC, the city and JLL, officials identified three aspirations for the project, including:

• Fostering an authentic identity
• Generating local economic growth
• Providing of quality-of-life amenities for the community

The Hutto ISD board of trustees will meet in June to consider its proposed budget for the 2026-27 financial year. 

What you need to know: The board will meet at 5:30 p.m. June 26 in the district administration building at 200 College Street, Hutto. Outgoing Chief Financial Officer Caleb Steed said in an April 23 board meeting that the district is proposing the same tax rate as the 2025-26 financial year, $0.7552 per $100 of valuation to fund maintenance and operations and $0.45 per $100 of valuation to service district debts, such as bonds.

The total tax rate proposed will be $1.2052 per $100 of valuation, but that could go down, Steed said, if property values increase. 

How we got here: In the April 13 board workshop, Steed said the district expected to pass a balanced budget for the coming year.

While home values have decreased on average, Steed said commercial and multifamily property values have grown, increasing expected revenues by about $5 million.

Some Texas families began learning April 22 if they were accepted to the state’s education savings account program for the 2026-27 school year, officials said.

The big picture: Over 42,600 students will receive funding notices through April 24, the state comptroller’s office announced April 22. The first awardees include low- and middle-income students with disabilities and their eligible siblings.

Families accepted to the Texas Education Freedom Accounts program will receive state funds to send their children to private school or homeschool them.

The details: The first round of awardees is set to receive about $400 million of the $1 billion allocated for the program. Up to 100,000 students are expected to qualify for the program's first year.

The comptroller's office will run a lottery the week of April 27 to determine which low-income students will be accepted based on a prioritization system.

Stay tuned: Families that do not qualify for funding will also be notified through April 24. Additional students will receive funding awards in the coming weeks, a program spokesperson said.