Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Committee approves amendment to avoid odd-year elections for unchanged school millages
Summary
The Senate Education Committee voted to advance an amendment to prevent unchanged school millage levies from appearing on odd‑number election ballots, an effort sponsors said will avoid costly, low‑value elections.
The Senate Education Committee on Monday voted to advance an amendment that would keep unchanged school millage levies off odd‑numbered‑year ballots, a change proponents said will prevent taxpayer‑funded elections that have no legal effect.
Senator Justin Boyd, sponsor of the amendment, told the committee that when a millage is unchanged, “having a vote on it doesn't change anything” and described such…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
