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    <title>All pages and when we checked them</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[ Every page on the site, with the date we last checked its facts. ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:08:09 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Where the money comes from</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[ The district's money for 2026-27, by source. Most of it comes from local property taxes. ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:08:09 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Who decides what</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[ Voters, the board, the superintendent and staff each sign off on different things. Here is who decides what with school money. ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:08:09 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Who are Leander ISD&#039;s students?</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[ Fewer Leander ISD students come from low-income families than in most nearby districts or the state. More are in gifted classes. About 1 in 7 is learning English, and about 1 in 6 gets special education. Here is how that compares. ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:08:09 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Who are Leander ISD&#039;s teachers?</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[ In 2024-25, about 28 of every 100 Leander ISD teachers had a master's degree, a bit more than the state. About 75 of every 100 teachers and 44 of every 100 students were white; statewide it was about 52 and 24. About 79 of every 100 teachers were women. ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:08:09 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Why is Leander ISD&#039;s net position below zero?</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[ On June 30, 2025, Leander ISD owed about $172 million more than it owned, by the audit's measure. The audit says the main cause is its share of state-run teacher pension and retiree health liabilities. ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:08:09 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>How your property tax bill works (DRAFT – not published)</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[ Your bill is your home's value, minus exemptions, times the tax rates. Three main groups touch it. The appraisal district sets the value. Each local… ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:08:09 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Where your tax bill goes</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[ For a typical Leander home, about 45 cents of each tax dollar goes to the school district. The city gets about 25 cents and the county about 24. ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:08:09 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sources and methods</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[ Where our numbers come from, how we check them, and what we leave out. ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:08:09 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>More staff, not bigger raises</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[ Staff grew about 14% while students grew about 6%. Pay per person fell after inflation. Special education accounts for most of the extra teachers. ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:08:09 GMT</pubDate>
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