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Enrollment decline, inflation, a prior freeze in basic allotment for six years and a rise in special education are a handful of challenges Clear Creek ISD officials are facing for the upcoming fiscal year.

At a glance: The district is projecting an $18.4 million shortfall for FY 2026-27, CCISD’s Chief Financial Officer Alice Benzaia said at the board of trustees’ July 13 workshop.

League City officials set the maximum tax rate for fiscal year 2026-27 at the no-new-revenue rate of $0.356505 per $100 valuation of a home. 

The no-new-revenue tax rate is the 2026 tax rate that will raise the same amount of property tax revenue for the city from the same properties year over year.

The details: League City City Council voted unanimously at its Aug. 11 meeting to propose the no-new-revenue rate, marking the 12th consecutive year the city’s property tax rate has decreased.

What happens next: City Council will hear and adopt the first reading of the budget at its Aug. 25 meeting and vote on the second and final reading for the budget and the tax rate at its Sept. 8 meeting, per city documents.

Houston City Council member Fred Flickinger will host a series of town halls this fall at locations across District E, per an Aug. 4 newsletter.

What residents should know: District E encompasses portions of the Clear Lake, Huffman, Crosby, Kingwood, Northshore and Summerwood communities. The town hall meetings will be held from 5-8 p.m. in accordance with the following schedule:

• Sept. 22: Kingwood Community Center, 4102 Rustic Woods Drive, Kingwood
• Oct. 8: Space Center Houston, 1601 E. NASA Parkway, Houston
• Oct. 20: St. Augustine Catholic Church, 5560 Laurel Creek Way, Houston

Need to catch up on Community Impact’s coverage from this week? Check out these trending stories across the southern portion of the Greater Houston area from Aug. 10-14.

Simply South opens Katy location: Simply South opened its new location in Katy, according to the restaurant’s website.

The restaurant features vegetarian dishes from throughout India including a range of soups, curries, biryani, as well as desserts and chai.

Thousands of Fort Bend ISD families apply for new education accounts: As Fort Bend ISD prepares for a new school year, district officials are waiting to see how the new Texas Education Freedom Accounts affect enrollment.

State lawmakers created the TEFA program in 2025, and accepted students will receive some funding for education opportunities that include: private school tuition and fees; tutoring and therapy; homeschooling; and other services.

Ahead of the 2026-27 school year, public school leaders in Community Impact’s coverage areas shuttered at least nine individual schools to respond to repeated state accountability issues and stave off state intervention. A new Texas Education Agency rule may make it harder for districts to do so in the future.

The details: Beginning Aug. 16, if a district closes a D- or F-rated campus and transfers the largest share of students from the closed campus to a school with a C, D or F rating, the closed campus’ rating will be assigned to the new campus. 

Districts will only avoid transferring a shuttered school’s rating history if they relocate a plurality of students to an A- or B-rated campus.

Stay tuned: The TEA is scheduled to release A-F ratings for the 2025-26 school year on Aug. 14. If a school receives five failing ratings in a row, the TEA is required under state law to close that campus or replace the district’s board of trustees with a state-appointed board of managers.