Local measures on your ballot: Bexar 2026
Bexar County · November 3, 2026
Local measures on your ballot
Besides candidates, your ballot may include measures: yes-or-no questions about taxes, borrowing, and local projects. Which ones you see depends on where you live: your city and your school district. This year there are no statewide propositions (Texas voted on those in 2025), so every measure here is local.
You only vote on the measures for your address. If you live in the City of San Antonio you’ll see the city measure; you’ll also see measures for the one school district you live in, and no others. Not sure of your districts? Check your voter registration and sample ballot at the Bexar County Elections Department ↗
Three kinds of measures, in plain words
Most local measures fall into one of these three types. Learn them once and every measure below is easier to read.
Bond
Permission to borrow money now for buildings, safety, or buses, repaid over time through property taxes. Texas law makes every bond ballot say “THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.”
Tax-rate election (VATRE)
A school district asking voters to approve a tax rate a little above the automatic state cap, usually to pay for day-to-day operations like teacher pay.
Sales tax
A small tax added to what you buy (measured in cents per dollar). A renewal keeps an existing sales tax going. It is not a new tax.
City of San Antonio
City of San Antonio voters only
San Antonio voters decide one city measure this year.
Pre-K 4 SA sales-tax renewal
Sales-tax renewal · City of San Antonio voters
More about this measure
What it does
- Pre-K 4 SA is the city’s free, full-day pre-kindergarten program for four-year-olds.
- This measure renews the small one-eighth-cent city sales tax that pays for it (about one penny on every $8 spent) for 20 more years.
- It is a renewal of an existing tax, not a new tax or an increase. The City Council voted to put it on the 2026 ballot early (the current tax runs to 2029).
The numbers
1/8-centsales tax
20 yearshow long
Renewalnot a new tax
Official wording to confirm: the exact proposition letter and ballot caption appear on your county sample ballot.
San Antonio ISD (SAISD)
San Antonio ISD voters only
SAISD voters see a tax-rate measure (VATRE) and a three-part bond package.
Tax-rate election (VATRE)
Tax-rate election · SAISD voters
More about this measure
What it does
- A VATRE asks voters to approve keeping the school tax rate a little above the automatic state cap.
- SAISD’s measure raises about $5.5 million a year for school operations.
The numbers
~3.17¢rate above the cap
~$5.5M/yrfor operations
Official wording to confirm: the exact proposition letter and ballot caption appear on your county sample ballot.
Bond, Proposition A: schools, safety, buses
Bond · SAISD voters
More about this measure
What it does
- A bond lets the district borrow now to build and repair schools, improve safety, and buy buses, repaid over time through property taxes.
- By Texas law the ballot for any bond says “THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.”
The numbers
$492Mbond amount
Official wording to confirm: the exact proposition letter and ballot caption appear on your county sample ballot.
Bond, Proposition B: technology
Bond · SAISD voters
More about this measure
What it does
- Borrowing to pay for school technology such as devices and network upgrades.
The numbers
$102Mbond amount
Official wording to confirm: the exact proposition letter and ballot caption appear on your county sample ballot.
Bond, Proposition C: Alamo Stadium
Bond · SAISD voters
More about this measure
What it does
- Borrowing for improvements to Alamo Stadium.
The numbers
$6Mbond amount
Official wording to confirm: the exact proposition letter and ballot caption appear on your county sample ballot.
Northside ISD
Northside ISD voters only
Northside ISD voters see a tax-rate measure (VATRE) and a three-part bond package.
Tax-rate election (VATRE), Proposition A
Tax-rate election · Northside ISD voters
More about this measure
What it does
- Asks voters to approve keeping the school tax rate about 3 cents above the automatic state cap to fund school operations.
The numbers
~3¢rate above the cap
Official wording to confirm: the exact proposition letter and ballot caption appear on your county sample ballot.
Bond, Proposition B: facilities and HVAC
Bond · Northside ISD voters
More about this measure
What it does
- Borrowing to build and repair school facilities and replace heating and air-conditioning systems, repaid over time through property taxes.
- By Texas law the ballot says “THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.”
The numbers
$764.7Mbond amount
Official wording to confirm: the exact proposition letter and ballot caption appear on your county sample ballot.
Bond, Proposition C: technology
Bond · Northside ISD voters
More about this measure
What it does
- Borrowing to pay for school technology.
The numbers
$56Mbond amount
Official wording to confirm: the exact proposition letter and ballot caption appear on your county sample ballot.
Bond, Proposition D: aquatics center
Bond · Northside ISD voters
More about this measure
What it does
- Borrowing to build an aquatics center.
The numbers
$65.5Mbond amount
Official wording to confirm: the exact proposition letter and ballot caption appear on your county sample ballot.
South San Antonio ISD
South San Antonio ISD voters only
South San voters see one tax-rate measure.
Tax-rate election (VATRE), Proposition A
Tax-rate election · South San Antonio ISD voters
More about this measure
What it does
- Asks voters to approve a school tax rate about 7 cents above the automatic state cap.
- The district says the money would go toward roof repairs and staff raises.
The numbers
~7¢rate above the cap
Official wording to confirm: the exact proposition letter and ballot caption appear on your county sample ballot.
East Central ISD
East Central ISD voters only
East Central voters see one tax-rate measure.
Tax-rate election (VATRE), Proposition A
Tax-rate election · East Central ISD voters
More about this measure
What it does
- Asks voters to approve shifting part of the school tax rate to fund day-to-day operations.
- The district describes the change as close to tax-rate neutral overall, because a rise in the operations rate is offset by a cut in the debt rate.
The numbers
~3.72¢operations rate
~Net zerostated overall impact
Official wording to confirm: the exact proposition letter and ballot caption appear on your county sample ballot.
Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD (SCUC)
SCUC ISD voters only
SCUC voters (including parts of northeast Bexar County) see one tax-rate measure.
Tax-rate election (VATRE)
Tax-rate election · SCUC ISD voters
More about this measure
What it does
- Asks voters to approve keeping the school tax rate above the automatic state cap.
- The district says it raises about $15 million a year for pay and programs.
The numbers
~12¢rate above the cap
~$15M/yrfor pay & programs
Official wording to confirm: the exact proposition letter and ballot caption appear on your county sample ballot.
Comal ISD
Comal ISD voters only (parts of NE Bexar County)
Heads up: Comal ISD reaches into northeast Bexar County, so some Bexar voters live in it. Comal ISD voters see a two-part bond package.
Bond, Proposition A: schools, safety, buses
Bond · Comal ISD voters
More about this measure
What it does
- Borrowing to build and equip schools, improve safety, and buy buses, repaid over time through property taxes.
- By Texas law the ballot says “THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.”
The numbers
~$540Mbond amount
Official wording to confirm: the exact proposition letter and ballot caption appear on your county sample ballot.
Bond, Proposition B: technology
Bond · Comal ISD voters
More about this measure
What it does
- Borrowing to pay for school technology.
The numbers
~$27Mbond amount
Official wording to confirm: the exact proposition letter and ballot caption appear on your county sample ballot.
City of Converse
City of Converse voters only
Converse voters decide whether the city should leave VIA Metropolitan Transit.
Withdrawal from VIA Metropolitan Transit
Withdrawal question · City of Converse voters
More about this measure
What it does
- Converse city leaders put this question to voters: should the city withdraw from VIA Metropolitan Transit, the regional public bus system?
- A “yes” vote means Converse would leave VIA and could redirect the city’s half-cent transit sales tax toward services like police, fire, streets, and parks instead. A “no” vote keeps Converse in VIA.
- Even if voters approve leaving, state law requires Converse to keep sending its transit sales tax to VIA until the city pays off what it owes VIA. That is an estimated $13–14 million, and city officials expect paying it off could take four to seven years.
The numbers
~$13–14Mowed to VIA
4–7 yearsestimated payoff time
1/2-centtransit sales tax at stake
Official wording to confirm: the exact proposition letter and ballot caption appear on your county sample ballot. Details sourced from local news coverage (KSAT, Hoodline) as of September 2026.
No measure this year in these areas
For reference
Based on the certified election notices, the following did not have a local measure on the November 3, 2026 Bexar County ballot at the time this guide was prepared: Bexar County government; Alamo Colleges District; VIA Metropolitan Transit itself; and these school districts: North East ISD, Edgewood ISD, Harlandale ISD, Southwest ISD, Southside ISD, Judson ISD, Somerset ISD, and Alamo Heights ISD. One Bexar-area suburb, the City of Converse, does have a measure this year (see above). Eleven of the county’s smaller cities (Balcones Heights, Castle Hills, Hollywood Park, Kirby, Leon Valley, Live Oak, Olmos Park, Selma, Shavano Park, Terrell Hills, and Universal City) held their own city elections in May 2026 instead of November, so any local measure they had would already be decided by the time you read this. Windcrest and Hill Country Village were not individually confirmed for this guide; check your city’s website or the county’s official notices if you live there. The Bexar Metropolitan Water District no longer exists. It merged into the San Antonio Water System back in 2012, so there is no water-district measure to look for. Part of Bexar County also falls within Edwards Aquifer Authority Director District 1, which does have a board election this November, but that’s a candidate race for a board seat, not a yes-or-no measure, so it isn’t covered on this page. If you live in one of these areas, you may still have candidate races on your ballot. You just won’t see a local proposition here.