Recapture and Aledo ISD
ExplainerWhat Chapter 49 recapture is, why Aledo ISD is subject to it, what the board's annual agreement to purchase attendance credits does, and where the votes are.
Why does Aledo ISD send tax money to the state?
Texas school finance sets each district's entitlement by formula. A district whose local property tax collections exceed its entitlement must send the excess to the state under Chapter 49 of the Education Code; Aledo ISD's taxable value per student puts it in that group.
What is the agreement to purchase attendance credits?
One of the options Chapter 49 gives a district for reducing its wealth per student: paying the state for attendance credits. Aledo ISD's board approves the agreement each summer, usually on the consent agenda, and delegates the signing to the superintendent under Education Code Section 11.1511(c)(4).
Does recapture change the tax rate?
No. The rate is adopted separately; recapture is what happens to part of the revenue the rate raises.
Where it shows up in the record
The vote appears every year the Ledger has written: on the consent agenda in August 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023, and in July 2018. The amount is not stated in the minutes; it is set by the state's formula each year and appears in the district's budget documents.
On the record
Every mention in the minutes
12 meetingsAledo ISD is a property-wealthy district under Texas school finance law, so each summer the board approves an agreement to purchase attendance credits, the mechanism by which local tax revenue above the state's entitlement is sent to the state. Every year's vote is here. Compiled automatically from the Ledger's meeting reports: each excerpt is the passage of a report that mentions this subject, in the words the report used, linked to the full entry and its minutes.
School board opens the year with an A rating from the state, new leaders, and a first look at an architect for future high school space
Six people addressed the board on non-agenda items. The consent agenda, approved 5-0, included off-campus PE locations, a resolution establishing non-business days under the Public Information Act, the professional development plan, the appraiser list and calendar, 4-H extracurricular resolutions for Tarrant and Parker counties, interlocal agreements with Parker County for dispatch and jail services, a resolution establishing a local school library advisory council, vendor lists, the Parker County juvenile justice alternative education program agreement, and the agreement to purchase attendance credit under the state's recapture provisions, which delegates authority to the superintendent under Texas Education Code Section 11.1511(c)(4) for that purpose.
Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Aug. 18, 2025 meeting, as attached to the Sept. 15, 2025 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook
School board opens 2024-2025 with McKinney Elementary and the high school renovations complete, and adopts 19 policy changes
The consent agenda passed 7-0 and included a resolution designating the officer who prepares the district's truth-in-taxation forms, non-business days under the Public Information Act, the agreement to purchase attendance credit under the state's recapture provisions with authority delegated to the superintendent under Texas Education Code Section 11.1511(c)(4), the 2024-2025 appraiser list and calendar, an interlocal agreement with the City of Aledo for a Future Farmers of America sign, 4-H resolutions for Tarrant and Parker counties, the annual child abuse and neglect policy review, and the professional development plan.
Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Aug. 19, 2024 meeting (draft), as attached to the Sept. 17, 2024 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Aug. 19, 2024 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook
School board approves the schematic design for the high school renovations, a development agreement with FG Aledo, and a slate of bond consultants as the budget tightens
Joshua Cogburn of Huckabee Architects presented the proposed schematic design for the Aledo High School renovations and addition under the 2023 bond, which the board approved 7-0. The board also approved, each 7-0: Alpha Testing as materials testing consultant for Lynn McKinney Elementary; Teague Nall and Perkins as civil engineering consultant for the high school and agriculture barn expansion; a fire alarm replacement at McCall Elementary; re-keying of the district's interior and exterior doors; authority for the superintendent to execute a development agreement with FG Aledo; technology license and warranty renewals; district network equipment purchased with 2023 bond funds, presented by Director of Technology Brooks Moore; an extension of the bank depository contract with First Financial Bank; the agreement to purchase attendance credit under the state's recapture provisions, with authority delegated to the superintendent under Texas Education Code Section 11.1511(c)(4); an update to policy CE(Local) on the annual operating budget; and the 2023-2024 regular meeting dates.
Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Aug. 21, 2023 meeting, as attached to the Sept. 19, 2023 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Aug. 21, 2023 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook
School board seats the 2022-2023 Aledo Growth Committee as the bond committee gives its last report, and approves a Hudson Oaks interlocal, a bus and contract extensions
The consent agenda passed 7-0 and included the T-TESS appraisers list and calendar, the agreement to purchase attendance credit under the state's recapture provisions with authority delegated to the superintendent under Texas Education Code Section 11.1511(c)(4), 4-H resolutions for Parker and Tarrant counties, and off-campus PE sites.
Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Aug. 22, 2022 meeting, as attached to the Sept. 19, 2022 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Aug. 22, 2022 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook
School board extends random drug testing to grades 7 and 8 extracurriculars, adopts the 2021-2022 code of conduct and community report card, and picks First Financial Bank as depository
The consent agenda passed 7-0 and included the instructional and athletic supplies vendor list, a Parker County 4-H resolution, the appraiser list and calendar, a residential placement contract and special education service proposals, the agreement to purchase attendance credit under the state's recapture provisions with authority delegated to the superintendent under Texas Education Code Section 11.1511(c)(4), and an interlocal agreement to join the Tarrant County cooperative purchasing program.
Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Aug. 16, 2021 meeting, as attached to the Sept. 21, 2021 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Aug. 16, 2021 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook
School board accepts the Bearcat Growth Committee's bond recommendation and calls a bond election for Nov. 5, 2019
The consent agenda passed 7-0 and included policy revisions under Update 113, the purchase of Lexia Core5 Reading and Lexia PowerUp Literacy, the supplies vendor list, the T-TESS and T-PESS appraiser list and calendar, 4-H resolutions for Parker and Tarrant counties, and the agreement to purchase attendance credits under the state's recapture of funds.
Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Aug. 19, 2019 meeting, as attached to the Sept. 16, 2019 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Aug. 19, 2019 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook
Four trustees adopt the 2018-2019 code of conduct, hazardous traffic zones, meal prices and the board calendar, and buy up to $55,000 in reading materials
The Aledo ISD Board of Trustees met July 16, 2018, with President Hoyt Harris and Trustees David Lear, Bobby J. Rigues and Jessica Brown present. Rigues summarized the Texas Commission on Public School Finance's July 10 meeting. There were no public comments. The consent agenda, approved 4-0, included the agreement to purchase attendance credits under the state's recapture of funds. Rocky Gardiner of Templeton Demographics presented the firm's Aledo ISD demographic study.
Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the July 16, 2018 meeting, as attached to the Aug. 20, 2018 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, July 16, 2018 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook
School board calls a $72,950,000 bond election for Nov. 7, 2017, in two propositions, after defeating a $1 million cut and moving turf money to contingency
The consent agenda, approved 7-0, included the attendance credits agreement, the supplies vendor list, 2017-2018 hazardous routes, a Tarrant County 4-H resolution, two waivers and adult meal prices. Chief Financial Officer Earl Husfeld and Buford-Thompson Construction reported Walsh Elementary's completion; Deputy Superintendent Lynn McKinney presented the 2016-2017 parent and teacher survey; and Husfeld reviewed the 2017-2018 budget with a hiring schedule and proposed pay plans using TASB Model 3.
Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Aug. 21, 2017 meeting, as attached to the Sept. 18, 2017 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Aug. 21, 2017 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook
The education foundation reports $636,000 given to the district as the board sets its calendar, adopts Policy Update 105 and signs a Crime Stoppers agreement
The consent agenda, approved 7-0, included the supplies vendor list, the appraiser calendar and adult meal prices. Deputy Superintendent Lynn McKinney reported parent survey participation of 17.12% and teacher participation of 95%. The board approved, each 7-0: the 2016-2017 board calendar with the December meeting moved to Dec. 15 and a Sept. 19 special meeting added; the agreement to purchase attendance credit; Policy Update 105; policy CQ(Local); and a Parker County Crime Stoppers memorandum of understanding; and approved bids for special education professional services, 6-0, with Dr. David Tillman out of the room. No executive session was needed, and the meeting adjourned at 8:59 p.m.
Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Aug. 15, 2016 meeting, as attached to the Sept. 19, 2016 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Aug. 15, 2016 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook
School board approves the attendance-credit purchase, raises the foreign exchange student cap to seven, and hears the Elementary No. 5 site search continues north and south
The board approved, each 6-0: the agreement to purchase attendance credits; the 2015-2016 board calendar, moving the superintendent conference and the board, district and superintendent goals from July to November; policy FNF(Local); the general waivers with the foreign exchange student limit raised to seven; and policy FFAC(Local). After an executive session on personnel and real property from 9:35 to 10:04 p.m. with no action, the meeting adjourned at 10:06 p.m.
Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Aug. 17, 2015 meeting, as attached to the Sept. 21, 2015 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Aug. 17, 2015 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook
School board adopts the 2014-2015 budget and tax rate after a hearing with four speakers, and approves the attendance-credit purchase
The Aledo ISD Board of Trustees met in special session Aug. 25, 2014, with all seven trustees present once David Davis arrived. At a public hearing from 7:01 to 8:03 p.m., three audience members spoke about the budget and one about teacher salaries, and Chief Financial Officer Earl Husfeld presented the budget highlights. The board adopted the 2014-2015 budget and the tax rate, the rate in an attachment the minutes reference but do not reproduce, approved the agreement to purchase attendance credits, the final amended 2013-2014 budget and the state waivers, each 7-0. Denise Dugger presented assessment data. Trustees thanked the audience, said teacher salaries would continue to be looked at, and President Jay Stringer noted the board had met 27 times in the past year. The meeting adjourned at 8:33 p.m.
Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Aug. 25, 2014 meeting, as attached to the Sept. 15, 2014 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Aug. 25, 2014 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook
School board adopts the 2013-2014 budget and the attendance-credit agreement and calls a town hall on the tax rate
The Aledo ISD Board of Trustees met in special session Aug. 26, 2013, at 7 p.m. with all seven trustees present, after a 6 p.m. session at which Chief Financial Officer Earl Husfeld presented the general, child nutrition and debt service budgets. Personnel recommendations passed on consent, 7-0. A public hearing on the 2013-2014 budget and proposed tax rate ran from 7:03 to 7:41 p.m. The board adopted the 2013-2014 budget, the agreement to purchase attendance credits and the final amended 2012-2013 budget, each 7-0, and set a Sept. 10 town hall on the proposed tax rate. Trustees thanked the community for its input, and the meeting adjourned at 8:08 p.m.
Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Aug. 26, 2013 meeting, as attached to the Sept. 16, 2013 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Aug. 26, 2013 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook