Maintaining the current ad valorem tax rate was one of several highlights in Dripping Springs ISD’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget, which was approved unanimously by board trustees June 26.

The budget, presented by Assistant Superintendent Elaine Cogburn, reflects the district’s practice of having revenues fund ongoing expenditures and limiting the amount of those expenditures in order to keep a balance.

With this policy, the board prohibits exceeding beyond a two percent deficit of the pro...