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Cedar Springs board votes to place Kent ISD enhancement millage renewal on November ballot
Summary
The Cedar Springs Public Schools Board voted to adopt a resolution allowing the Kent Intermediate School District enhancement millage renewal to appear on the November ballot. The measure, if approved by voters, would renew a countywide per-pupil enhancement millage and allow participating charter schools to receive funds.
The Cedar Springs Public Schools Board of Education voted June 23 to adopt a resolution asking that the Kent Intermediate School District enhancement millage renewal be placed before county voters in November. The board’s action authorizes putting the renewal on the ballot; it does not itself levy taxes.
The resolution, presented to the board during the meeting’s discussion items, would support a countywide millage renewal that the Kent ISD would distribute to districts on a per-pupil basis if voters approve it. Board members noted this iteration of the renewal differs from prior versions because it explicitly allows charter schools to participate if they choose.
Board members discussed how approval is determined at the county level. The board was told that the threshold for the measure to appear and succeed is based on representation of student enrollment rather than a simple count of participating boards — districts with larger enrollments have proportionally greater weight in the calculation.
After discussion the board voted to approve the resolution to place the proposal on the ballot. The motion carried with board members recorded as voting in favor; one member was recorded as “present.”
The board did not direct staff to take additional action beyond adopting the resolution to submit to the ISD for inclusion on the county ballot. Additional details about the millage rate, exact per-pupil dollar amount for Cedar Springs, or the language to be presented to voters were not specified in the meeting record.
