Allen residents will have an opportunity to share their feedback on the city’s proposed budget and tax rate at an upcoming meeting.

Allen City Council will meet at 6 p.m., Sept. 8 for a work session, and a regular meeting, including a public hearing on the city’s proposed fiscal year 2026-27 budget and tax rate, will follow at 7 p.m.

The details: Council members unanimously approved setting Sept. 8 as the date for the public hearing for the city’s proposed FY 2026-27 budget and tax rate at an Aug. 11 meeting. The proposed property tax rate is $0.4147 per $100 of assessed valuation, which is a $0.0007 decrease from FY 2025-26, per city documents.

Diving in deeper: Allen officials are predicting $157.3 million in general fund revenue and expecting the same amount in expenses, resulting in a balanced general fund budget, per city documents.

Rodeo Goat is slated to open an Allen location within the Sloan Corners development, according to a Sept. 2 news release.

A closer look: Rodeo Goat’s menu includes burgers, fries, craft beer, cocktails, chips and salsa, and more, per its website. The restaurant has several other Dallas-Fort Worth area locations, including Frisco, Plano and Denton, the release states.

Quote of note: “Rodeo Goat is exactly the kind of restaurant we want at Sloan Corners: local, fun, distinctive and already loved by people across DFW,” Billingsley Co. Partner Lucy Burns said in the release.

• Southwest corner of SH 121 and US 75, Allen

On Sept. 1, the State Board of Education moved forward with an overhaul of what Texas high schoolers will learn in four social studies courses: U.S. History, U.S. Government, World History and World Geography.

What's happening: Roughly 100 Texans testified about the high school curriculum rewrite at an Aug. 31 meeting, with the debate revolving around how students would learn about the two largest world religions, Christianity and Islam.

Dozens of Muslim Texans asked that students learn about the religion’s core principles and how Muslims have contributed to advancements in math, science and medicine throughout history.

Some testifiers said the social studies curriculum should highlight the role of Christianity in the founding of Texas and the U.S., praising the board for prioritizing “American exceptionalism” and topics that they said would teach students to love the country.

The context: The discussion comes as the Republican-led board nears the finish line on its new K-12 social studies curriculum standards.

If approved, the new requirements will be rolled out to public school classrooms in the 2030-31 school year.