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Tyler ISD discusses possible $100 million dollar bond election

Courtesy: Tyler Morning Telegraph

Reporter: Emily Guevara

Tyler ISD is looking at its next bond election. Thursday night, the Tyler ISD board of trustees discussed calling a bond election as early as November.

A possible $100 million bond package would renovate or rebuild the two remaining elementary schools that TISD has to deal with – which are Rice and Dixie elementaries. That bond package would also go to pay for the construction of a new mega middle school in southwest Tyler.

The superintendent said that if the board called this election, it would essentially ask voters to maintain the district's current tax rate. That rate is below the maximum amount the district advertised to voters as part of the 2008 bond election. They have to make a decision by Aug. 24 if they are going to call a bond election for November. There are several meetings planned between now and then.

The board also discussed the budget. The main thing discussed was the plan to not give employees raises in the coming fiscal year, other than the step increases for teachers, librarians and registered nurses. Those increases are required by law and vary from $200 to more than $1,000, depending on years of experience.

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