Voters in the Lockhart Independent School District (LISD) will decide whether to join the Austin Community College District (ACC) during the upcoming November election. The Board of Trustees unanimously approved calling for a special annexation election for the LISD territory.
If Lockhart area voters approve the measure, the Lockhart ISD territory will join the ACC district, granting residents access to all in-district benefits. That includes the Free Tuition pilot program for the Class of 2024. It includes free tuition and general fees for high school seniors, including public, private, charter, and homeschoolers and GED completers, in the ACC service area for the next five years.
The service plan includes three distinct phases of potential facility development in the community.
Phase 1: ACC will work with LISD to provide services on LISD property during evenings and weekends when it is not otherwise in use. The College will offer expanded career and technical workforce offerings and collaborate with the school district on the implementation of an Early College High School.
Phase 2: ACC will work with the local community to develop and occupy a 15,000-square-foot to 20,000-square-foot workforce and general education space near Lockhart High School.
Phase 3: ACC will purchase land and develop a permanent facility in the territory to be annexed after consultation with local community, economic, and educational leadership to ensure that the permanent facility meets the emerging and projected needs of the region.
For more information, visit austincc.edu/lockhart.
Timeline
May 2024 | The Board of Trustees unanimously certified a petition from residents within the Lockhart ISD territory seeking to include ACC annexation on the general election ballot this November. More than 1,000 Lockhart residents signed the petition.
June 2024 | The board hosted a public hearing in Lockhart. Members of the Lockhart community came to learn more about the proposal and ask questions about entering the college’s Taxing District.
The decision is now in the hands of the voters. In addition to the annexation election for the Lockhart ISD territory, voters who already live within the ACC taxing district will get to decide on three ACC board seats. Board Places 7, 8, and 9 are all up for election this year.
The last day to register to vote is Monday, October 7. Early voting runs from Monday, October 21, to Friday, November 1. Election Day is Tuesday, November 5.
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