Questions Pflugerville Voters Are Asking

It would lower tuition for every Pflugerville ISD resident, remove the out-of-district fee for eligible Free Tuition students, and expand ACC's work with PfISD through the voter-approved CTE Center.

It would also support adult and workforce training, give local employers a college partner, bring Northeast Travis County into ACC's long-term planning, and let residents vote and run in ACC trustee elections.

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A single year's enrollment does not capture everyone who may use college, career training, adult education, or continuing education over a lifetime. It also leaves out PfISD students earning college credit and employers using customized workforce training.

The value is both individual and community-wide: lower tuition when a resident needs it, stronger school-to-career pathways, a better workforce answer for employers, and a place for Pflugerville in future ACC planning.

Yes. Pflugerville residents can attend ACC today. Joining the district changes both what families pay and what ACC can build with Pflugerville.

Residents would receive the in-district tuition rate. District membership would also establish the full PfISD and Career Academy partnership, support ongoing adult and workforce training, give residents a vote and the ability to run in ACC trustee elections, and bring Pflugerville into ACC's long-term planning and future investment.

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No. ACC reported 43,891 students in fall 2025, its highest fall enrollment in thirteen years. That followed 39,831 students in fall 2024, when enrollment returned to roughly its pre-COVID level.

Enrollment can rise and fall over time, but the current trend is growth, not decline.

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No single graduation percentage captures every ACC student goal. The federal graduation rate follows a narrow group of first-time, full-time, degree- or certificate-seeking students. ACC separately reports transfers, and many students attend part time, earn workforce certificates, complete high school equivalency, take dual-credit courses, or transfer before earning an ACC degree.

ACC's broader measure asks whether first-time students graduate, complete, or transfer within three years. The college currently reports 47 percent on that combined measure. Its federally reported transfer-out rate is 33 percent.

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ACC's current pilot waives tuition and general fees for eligible recent high school graduates and GED completers across its service area, including Pflugerville. Because Pflugerville is outside the district, those students still pay the $201-per-credit out-of-district fee.

The pilot currently provides eligible graduates up to three years toward an associate degree and potentially five years if they continue into one of ACC's four applied bachelor's programs. Joining would remove the out-of-district fee under the pilot's current rules. At 30 credits, the difference is $6,030.

For residents who are not covered by the pilot, the current comparison is $286 out of district versus $85 in district for every credit.

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Pflugerville ISD residents can attend ACC today, and PfISD already works with ACC through dual credit and Early College High School. Residents currently pay the out-of-district rate, and Pflugerville remains outside ACC's taxing and governing district.

Membership would change both the price and the relationship: in-district tuition, a broader PfISD and Career Academy partnership, adult and workforce training, employer support, voting rights, and a place in ACC's long-term planning and future investment.

A local subsidy could reduce one student fee for some residents, depending on how it was designed and funded. It would not create the full district relationship.

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For a qualifying senior or disabled homestead at ACC's average Pflugerville ISD home value, the current first-year estimate is $28.25 per month, or $339 per year. That reflects ACC's additional $75,000 exemption. After year one, the ACC tax ceiling freezes that bill subject to the applicable rules.

As a separate, smaller benefit, residents age 65 and older can receive a tuition exemption for up to six credit hours each semester when space remains. They must register during ACC's senior registration dates and follow the college's current eligibility rules.

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For ACC's published average Pflugerville ISD home value of $407,524, the current representative estimate is about $34.67 per month, or $416 per year, for a regular homestead. A qualifying senior or disabled homestead at the same value is estimated at $28.25 per month, or $339 in the first year.

Your actual bill would depend on the ACC tax rate then in effect, your property's taxable value, and the exemptions that apply. Use the calculator for your own estimate, then compare that cost with the tuition, education, workforce, governance, and long-term planning benefits of membership.

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That comparison counts estimated annual property-tax revenue on one side and only estimated out-of-pocket fee relief for current ACC students on the other. Those figures do not measure the same things.

Student fee relief is a real benefit, but it is only one part of district membership. The comparison leaves out the Career Academies and broader PfISD partnership, adult and workforce training, customized training for employers, student and career services, representation in ACC governance, and Pflugerville's place in ACC's long-term planning and investment.

Yes. If voters choose to join, Pflugerville ISD becomes a permanent part of the ACC District and property owners become part of the district tax base.

The tax is ongoing because the value is ongoing too: a permanent in-district tuition rate, a lasting CTE and workforce partnership, voting rights in ACC governance, and the opportunity for future programs and investment. Round Rock, Hays, and Lockhart made the same lasting choice to hold a permanent place in the college district.

An individual bill depends on the ACC tax rate, the property's taxable value, and the exemptions that apply. Property values and future ACC tax rates can change.

The calculator uses ACC's current rate and exemptions and shows its assumptions so homeowners can estimate their own property.

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Property tax is billed to the property owner, not directly to a renter. A landlord may consider property taxes along with maintenance, insurance, the rental market, and other costs when setting rent, but there is no automatic one-for-one charge added to every lease.

Renters who live within Pflugerville ISD would receive the same in-district tuition rate as homeowners. Their families would also share in the local education, career, and workforce partnerships district membership supports.

Commercial property owners would pay the ACC tax on taxable value and do not receive a residential homestead exemption. Their actual bill would depend on the property's taxable value and ACC's adopted rate.

The value case for businesses is direct: ACC can provide customized training, strengthen the pipeline of skilled workers, and support employers as their workforce needs change.

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ACC's published plan starts at PfISD's new Career and Technical Education Center with Career Academies in Health Sciences, Advanced Manufacturing, and Skilled Trades.

ACC would coordinate programming and staffing with PfISD and help provide additional training equipment. When PfISD is not using the building, the space could support adult education and workforce training.

Read the official Pflugerville service plan ↗ (opens another website)

Round Rock ISD joined the district in 2008. ACC opened a 5,000-student campus there in 2010, then expanded it with more health-sciences, general-education, and student-support space after district voters approved a 2014 bond.

Hays Campus opened in 2014 and added a Public Safety Training Center in 2018. Lockhart joined in 2024; within a year, more than 600 area students enrolled, ACC added local classes, and the college opened a downtown skilled-trades center.

Those communities made their own decisions at different times. Their experience shows that district membership can grow beyond the first service plan as enrollment, workforce needs, and public investment change.

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Yes. The 2018 vote was 53.45 percent against and 46.55 percent for district membership.

The choice is more concrete now. PfISD's voter-approved CTE Center exists; ACC's plan identifies Career Academies in Health Sciences, Advanced Manufacturing, and Skilled Trades; Lockhart has demonstrated how a newly joined community can begin adding local classes and workforce training; and Pflugerville has grown past 80,000 residents. Voters can evaluate the plan and community needs in front of them now.

ACC's official service plan provides a concrete starting point, not a promise of a standalone campus. ACC and PfISD would begin by developing Career Academies in Health Sciences, Advanced Manufacturing, and Skilled Trades at PfISD's new CTE Center. The partnership could also support adult education and workforce training when space is available.

From there, ACC would continue evaluating enrollment, population and demographic changes, education and workforce demand, regional growth, and needs across its existing facilities. District membership would put Pflugerville and Northeast Travis County inside that long-term planning conversation and make future ACC investment here possible.

It would not guarantee a campus, building, location, budget, or construction date. It would give residents a formal voice in the decisions: Pflugerville voters could help elect all nine at-large ACC trustees, and an eligible Pflugerville resident could run for the Board. Membership would not create a dedicated Pflugerville seat.

Read the official Pflugerville service plan ↗ (opens another website)

Yes. The published plan identifies where the partnership would begin: Career Academies in Health Sciences, Advanced Manufacturing, and Skilled Trades, plus collaboration at PfISD's CTE Center and possible adult and workforce training when space is available.

ACC says it would continue working with PfISD, business leaders, and community partners to identify changing education and workforce needs. Programs and schedules could evolve as those needs change.

That flexibility is part of a long-term college partnership, but programs beyond the published starting plan should not be treated as guaranteed.

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Residents could vote for all nine at-large positions on the ACC Board of Trustees, and an eligible Pflugerville resident could run for the Board.

Trustees approve the budget and tax rate and make decisions about programs, facilities, workforce priorities, and future investment.

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No. PfISD would remain an independent school district. Joining would deepen the work between ACC and PfISD, but it would not transfer control of PfISD schools or operations to ACC.

Registered voters who live within Pflugerville ISD territory may vote on whether to join the ACC District. Your personalized county sample ballot is the best way to confirm that the proposition will appear on your ballot.

The voter-registration deadline is October 5, early voting runs October 19 through October 30, and Election Day is November 3.

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