Lubbock-Cooper ISD voters rejected a three-cent property tax rate increase Tuesday, according to unofficial Lubbock County returns, with 11,322 votes against Proposition A and 7,573 in favor.
Proposition A | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
Against | 11,322 | 59.92% |
For | 7,573 | 40.08% |
The voter-approval tax rate election would have raised the district's rate from $1.1669 to $1.1969 per $100 of valuation, KCBD reported. The increase would have brought in about $3.85 million for teacher pay and basic school operations and added about $65 a year to the tax bill on an average home.
Trustees approved the rate and budget in August. The question went to voters because the proposed increase to the maintenance and operations portion of the rate exceeded what state law allows without an election.
The Lubbock County totals do not include about 350 absentee ballots countywide that were still to be processed or could arrive by Wednesday's deadline, according to the Lubbock County Elections Office. That number is smaller than the proposition's 3,749-vote margin. Results remain unofficial until canvassed.
See the district's 2026 VATRE page and the Chronicle's November 3 election results.
Sources: Lubbock County Elections Office unofficial returns, Nov. 4, 2026; KCBD.
