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Pasco district staff outline timeline, options for replacing expiring local levy
Summary
District finance staff presented an "EP&O Levy 101" briefing, explaining how educational programs and operations levies work, the district's current levy revenue and local effort assistance (LEA), and a timeline that would target a February 2026 election for a replacement levy.
Kevin Hebden, a district finance staff member, told the Pasco School District Board on Jan. 14 that the district must plan now to replace its expiring educational programs and operations (EP&O) levy and laid out options for term, timing and voter information.
Hebden said the district's existing levy, approved in 2022, generates roughly $110,600,000 over four years and will expire Dec. 31, 2026. For the 2024–25 school year the levy is collecting about $27.4 million; in addition the district currently receives roughly $13.4 million in local effort assistance (LEA) tied to the levy, Hebden said. He noted that the levy amount that appears on the ballot is an approved dollar amount and that the levy rate reported to taxpayers is computed using assessed value in…
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