Voters in Birdville Independent School District are being asked to decide whether to approve a bond package for the purpose of funding school facility construction and renovation as well as updates to instructional technology.
Documents posted by the district reveal that the $475 million bond will cost taxpayers nearly $979 million with interest.
The bond will be divided between two propositions on the May 2 ballot:
Proposition A: $453,340,500.00 ($948,031,558.00 after interest) for constructing and renovating school buildings and support facilities, districtwide security upgrades, and purchasing new school buses.
Proposition B: $22,147,000.00 ($30,945,750.00 after interest) for acquiring and updating instructional technology equipment.
The district currently has $850,432,781 in outstanding debt.
The bond propositions feature ballot language, as required by state law, stating that: “THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.”
The district says that the bonds will not change the current school district tax rate. This claim is based on the total appraised value of all taxable property within the district increasing “by $441,356,640 in tax year 2026, by $704,961,268 in tax year 2027, by $200,000,000 in tax years 2028 and 2030, and by $575,000,000 in tax years 2029 and 2031, and remains constant thereafter.”
However, authorizing new bond debt extends or increases the tax burden over time, even if the tax rate does not go up in the short term.
Financial records for Families for a Better Birdville, the political action committee supporting the bond package, show that the propositions are strongly backed by a construction company and architecture firms.
Lee Lewis Construction is the largest contributor to the PAC—to the tune of $30,000.
The Dallas-based company is one of the most prominent builders of school facilities in Texas, having completed 430 school building projects across 70 districts and ranking among the nation’s largest school building contractors and construction management firms in 2025.
IN 2 Architecture, which specializes in servicing schools and universities, and HKS, another architecture firm, contributed $5,000 each.
Voters have the opportunity to either approve or reject the proposed debt package on the May 2, 2026 ballot. Early voting began Monday and will run through April 28.
