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Committee backs bill to let school districts run supplemental levies up to six years, phase out perpetual levies

3151757 · February 20, 2025
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Summary

Sen. Ben Toews sponsored SB 1094 to let school districts seek supplemental levies for up to six years (instead of the current two), allow boards to reduce levies during the authorized term and phase out perpetual levies for future use; the committee voted to send the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.

State Sen. Ben Toews introduced Senate Bill 1094, a measure to extend the maximum authorization period for district supplemental levies from two years to six years, to permit a board to reduce a levy during the authorized term, and to eliminate the option to create new perpetual levies while grandfathering existing perpetual levies in six…

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