Southwest Texas College passed a new tax rate of 12. 1528 cents per $100 valuation on Sept. 17, but longtime trustee Tony Moreno voted against the bump, saying the college should have stuck with last year's 12-cent rate to ease taxpayers' financial burden.

The motion passed with just Moreno dissenting.

The rate is equivalent to the no-new-revenue tax rate, which would [...] This content is only available to paid subscribers.