Why are the three current operating levies being rolled into one levy?
The decision to combine all three existing levies into one levy was based on two reasons. First, combining the levies provides a 10-year investment in the district at a time when state funding is unpredictable. Second, combining the levies allows the district to hold one election to renew the operating levies instead of three separate elections. Why not renew both technology levies? The district currently has two technology levies that generate about $5.8 million per year. The November referendum ballot will include the renewal of only one of the levies. The levy that is on the ballot expires after the 2010-2011 school year while the second technology levy does not expire until after the 2015-2016 school year. The board decided it would be best to wait to renew the second technology levy because it will not expire for another six years. What does the inflationary increase provision of the operating levy mean?
