What is a VATRE? What San Antonio voters should know before the November election

Nine San Antonio-area school districts are placing voter approval tax rate elections (VATREs) on the November ballot.
Nine local school districts are holding voter approval tax rate elections, or VATREs, this November, and they appear on the ballot as propositions from those districts.
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