To the Editor:
The taxpayers of Harker Heights are the ones bearing the brunt of the stateâs failure to reimburse for exempted property tax revenue.
While the city might desire more money, it is the taxpayers who are burdened with an extra 24% of city tax rate to make up for the exempted taxes.
Thatâs not my calculation but the words and numbers of the city manager and the assistant city manager in emails and a Harker Heights Herald article, respectively, who affirmed that taxpayers today pay 13 cents of taxes over and above the 54.7 cents that the city says it is âeffectivelyâ running the city on.
The University’s agenda for the 87th Texas Legislative Session names seven priorities and six exceptional items specific to the main campus. | File Photo/The Cougar
The University has named seven priorities for funding in its
agenda for the 87th Texas Legislative session, which started Jan. 12.
The agenda requests the maintenance of existing funding levels, restoration of reductions instituted during the summer of 2020 and provisions of financial support for research projects as well as infrastructure.
UH is asking the legislature to provide formula funding that remains consistent with the rate of $55.85 per semester credit hour allocated for the 2020-21 biennium, explaining that “formula funding is the most important factor in making a college education affordable to Texans.”