The Prosper ISD board voted to incorporate a portion of Windsong Ranch, which is zoned for Denton ISD, into the district.

Although the PISD board of trustees voted in favor of the petition at a Dec. 15 meeting, the DISD board of trustees voted against the petition Dec. 9. The Texas Education Agency will make a final decision on the issue. 

The discussion comes after a petition was made by Doug Charles and Jeff Sterling to annex the homes into PISD. Residents of over 300 homes in Prosper’s Windsong Ranch neighborhood live within the city of Prosper and attend PISD schools, yet they pay taxes to DISD, according to a presentation by PISD Deputy Superintendent Jeff Crownover.

The impact: If the annexation goes through, residents would pay taxes to PISD instead of DISD. In exchange for the land, PISD would be required to take on a portion of DISD’s debt.

What’s next: Now that the districts involved have passed conflicting resolutions, the case will be decided by the TEA.

Celina ISD officials have taken another step toward opening its second middle school.

The overview: The district’s board of trustees approved a $3.485 million purchase for furniture, supplies and more for Willard Middle School in a Dec. 15 board meeting.

Long story short: The purchase will include general furniture for the campus, Career and Technical Education tools and equipment, food service supplies and athletic equipment. 

Texans now have a new database to track the results of local bond propositions and tax rate elections, or TREs, in their communities and across the state.

The details: Texas’ Local Government Bond, Tax, and Project Transparency Database was unveiled after state lawmakers passed House Bill 103 this spring. The new law requires the comptroller to compile information about all bonds, tax rate elections and maintenance tax rate changes proposed by local governments in an election, including:

• Ballot language for all tax-related proposals
• How each tax measure would impact the local tax rate or debt service
• The difference between the adopted tax rate and voter-approval tax rate, if applicable
• The entity’s tax rate for the prior year and the tax rate following the election
• A list of projects funded by each tax measure
• The results of each election, including votes for and against a measure