Taxparency
Follow how your district’s school tax dollars are collected, recaptured and kept locally.
Recapture transparency
What is Taxparency?
Taxparency is the condition of being transparent with the flow and use of taxpayer dollars.
Using the chart below, follow the collection and allocation of a school district’s local maintenance and operations property tax revenue to learn how much of those collections remain in the school district for local use and how much is sent to the state in the form of recapture.
Taxparency: Follow Your District's School Tax Collections
Track how your district's M&O property tax dollars are collected, sent back in recapture, and retained locally from year to year.
District Data Table
Detailed breakdown of tax collections and recapture for the selected district.
Tax Collections & Recapture by Year
This stacked bar chart shows total M&O collections (blue) and recapture payments (red) for each year.
- Retained Locally (blue) shows dollars your district keeps after recapture.
- Recapture (red) shows dollars sent back to the state.
- Total bar height represents total M&O property tax collections for that year.
- Dollar amounts are displayed on the bars for easy reference.
📚 About this data
What does this page show?
Taxparency shows recapture payments, total M&O property tax collections, and the share of M&O that each district retains after recapture, by year.
Which years are included?
The current view includes tax years 2020 through 2024. Additional years will be added as new certified data becomes available.
What does "% retained" mean?
"% retained" is the portion of M&O collections that stays with the district after recapture. A lower percentage generally reflects higher recapture payments relative to total M&O collections.
Why do recapture amounts change from year to year?
Recapture can change based on changes in property values, tax rates, student counts, and state school finance formulas. Year-to-year changes in any of these factors can increase or decrease the recapture burden on a district.
Who can I contact with questions?
For questions about this data or how to use it in your district, please contact the Texas School Coalition staff.