By Michael Robinson

05-01-26

General election day for both elections is on Saturday, May 2nd, 2026

 Two school districts are holding elections that will determine different outcomes. Uvalde CISD is holding its school board elections to determine which candidates will be elected to various trustee positions.

Knippa ISD is holding a $3,750,000 bord election which if approved by the voters, will result in a significant property tax increase for many Knippa property owners.

Election Day will be on Saturday, May 2nd with polls hours from 7AM.

During early voting for the Knippa ISD Bond election, only 17 voters have cast votes, according to data received by the Uvalde County Elections Office.

Knippa ISD student enrollment:

According to information requested by the Uvalde Hesperian, Knippa ISD Superintendent Benny Hernandez provided the following data regarding the district’s total enrollment and how many students within the district and how many students attending are from outside of the district.

Total Knippa ISD student enrollment is 413 students.

63.4 % of the Knippa ISD student enrollment or 262 students are non-district with 36.6% or 151 students reside within the district.

According to this data, local property owners in Knippa ISD who may or may not have a child enrolled at Knippa ISD, will be the ones paying property taxes for this $3.75 million bond 

   63.4% of the students who actually attend the school live outside the district and their families owning property outside the district will likely pay zero property taxes to Knippa ISD.

  Early voting was held from April 20th -24th April 21st. April 27th and 28th were the final two days of early voting.

Attendance Accounting Handbook from the Texas Education Agency states the following:
  In Section 3.2.1.4, it says a nonresident student who is legally transferred into the district gets ADA eligibility Code 3 (full-day) or Code 6 (half-day). That code means the receiving district can claim the student for funding — including the state share of Foundation School Program (FSP) money.

  According to the TEA Handbook it says, “A student is eligible to generate ADA, and thus FSP funding, if the student is in membership and also meets the ADA eligibility requirements.”

Source: Uvalde County Elections Facebook Page

 

 

 

 

  According to the Knippa ISD sample ballot published by Uvalde County Elections Office Facebook page, the sample ballot reads as follows:

  “This IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE. The issuance of not to exceed $3,750,000 of Knippa Independent School District school building bonds for the purposes of designing, constructing, renovating, improving, upgrading, updating, acquiring, and equipping school facilities, the purchase of necessary sites for school facilities, including, but not limited to projects related to safety and security, instructional classrooms, Schneider Gymnasium, the Welding Shop, and the cafeteria, and the levying of a tax sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the bonds and the cost of any credit agreements executed in connection with the Bonds.”