WASHINGTON CO. APPRAISAL DISTRICT’S VALUES FOR BRENHAM, BURTON ISDs SCORED ‘VALID’
The Washington County Appraisal District’s results from the Texas Comptroller’s 2023 Property Value Study have been scored as “valid” for both local school districts.
The results were discussed during Tuesday’s appraisal district board of directors meeting. The study is conducted every two years in order to measure the accuracy and uniformity of the district’s appraisals, but the 2022 study determined that Brenham ISD’s values were too low, which prompted another study for 2023 and an appeal by the appraisal district.
Values must come within 95 to 105 percent of the Comptroller’s opinion of value in order to be considered “valid”. The overall ratio in Brenham ISD was 97 percent, while Burton ISD was 98.9 percent.
Click here to view the 2023 Property Value Study for Brenham ISD.
Click here to view the 2023 Property Value Study for Burton ISD.
Had appraisals been found invalid again, there could have been a loss of funding for Brenham ISD, as Texas property tax law requires property tax appraisals to reflect true market value.
Chief Appraiser Dyann White said because the two ISDs are valid, local values will be used for school funding, and there will not be a Property Value Study conducted on 2024 appraisals. The next study will be on 2025 appraisals, and results will be released by January 31, 2026.
White called the valid scores “a huge relief” and said that, overall, the appraisal district “should be past any larger-than-normal increases like we’ve had in the past two years.”
Also on Tuesday, the board held a workshop to review the 2024-25 appraisal district budget. The proposed budget is $1.68 million, an increase of $55,755 from the current adopted budget. That amount comes from $38,000 in added personnel costs, $16,255 in extra professional and contracted services, and $1,500 in other additional operating costs.
A second budget workshop will be held on March 26th, with a budget hearing and potential adoption planned for April 23rd.
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