Texas law requires school districts that have a high property wealth per student to give a portion of local tax revenue back to the state. Those funds are then shared with school districts showing low property wealth per student. The law, which is commonly referred to as the “Robin Hood” has designated Pflugerville ISD as a Chapter 49 or property wealthy district based on our property values. Therefore, a portion of Pflugerville ISD property taxes is subject to recapture by the state.

If the Attendance Credit Election is not approved by Pflugerville ISD voters, the TEA will begin a “Detachment of Territory” procedure to remove roughly $1 billion worth of property from Pflugerville ISD’s property values.

The main impact of Pflugerville ISD losing $1 billion in property tax value to the detachment of territory is PfISD may need to raise the I&S tax rate in order to continue to service the district’s current debt schedule. Additionally, any students living in this annexed area will attend the new school district and the detached property will be taxed by the new school district as well.

A vote “for” the election allows Pflugerville ISD to make the required recapture payments to the state. Other items to note if the election is approved by voters:

• PfISD's funding for operations will be increased and will be available for the programs that Pflugerville ISD students and parents have come to expect (CTE, Fine Arts, Athletics, Gifted and Talented, etc.)
• The district will make recapture payments using the most cost-effective method of Purchasing Attendance Credit. Of the school districts in Texas that are required to pay recapture, 100 percent use Purchase Attendance Credit as their method of payment.