The board of commissioners for Williamson County Emergency Services District No. 3, also known as Hutto Fire Rescue, approved a proposed agreement to share sales tax revenue with the city of Hutto.

The overview: WCESD 3 will share a portion of local sales tax revenue generated from certain properties annexed into the city of Hutto to help support infrastructure needs. The agreement establishes a 60/40 allocation of certain local sales tax revenues, with 60% going to the city of Hutto and 40% to WCESD 3.

The agreement replaces and clarifies a prior agreement expiring in 2027, and requires the city’s share to be used solely for emergency response infrastructure improvements, including fire protection water systems and roadways designed for fire apparatus.

Check out some recent stories out of Pflugerville ISD. 

1. Pflugerville ISD narrows down list of district optimization actions to consider

2. Pflugerville ISD teachers, nurses, psychologists to see pay bump in 2026-27

3. Pflugerville ISD considers cost-cutting scenarios to solve budget woes

Check out some of the top trending stories from the Austin area May 11-14. 

1. Jewel of Texas opens in Pflugerville

2. Construction underway on site of future Georgetown Texas Roadhouse

3. Frank & Margie's to open in Odd's Bar + Bistro space

4. Espadas de Brazil to bring Brazilian steakhouse to Bastrop's former Stem & Stone

5. Baylor Scott & White to expand Cedar Park clinic, bring more specialists

6. Austin moving to consolidate technology employees, services after weeks of pushback

Roughly 76,000 fewer students were enrolled in Texas public schools this academic year than the year prior, according to May 11 report.

The overview: The 2025-26 school year marks the second recorded enrollment drop in recent history, according to Texas Education Agency data collected since the 1987-88 academic year. The first decline happened in the 2020-21 school year, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hispanic students accounted for 81% of the enrollment loss in the 2025-26 school year, the policy research group Texas 2036 found.

The local impact: School districts across Community Impact’s coverage areas are in the process of closing and consolidating campuses, citing enrollment declines and budget shortfalls. Statewide data shows that 130 campuses have been selected for closure in the past two years.

What they're saying: “This year, we are down students, and these [drops] are somewhat more accelerated than statewide demographic trends indicated,” TEA Commissioner Mike Morath told lawmakers May 11. “We cannot tell you the precise cause of this. We just know that it has occurred.”