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Granite Falls School District begins planning renewal of EP&O levy; board schedules study session and October vote timeline
Summary
Business manager Marshall Cruz told the board the district will seek voter renewal of its educational programs and operations (EP&O) levy and outlined uses, legal thresholds and a likely timeline that would include a February election as the statistically strongest month to pass a renewal.
Marshall Cruz, the district business manager, told the Granite Falls School District Board of Directors on Oct. 8 that the district’s educational programs and operations (EP&O) levy will require voter renewal and that the board should prepare a public communications plan and a citizens campaign committee.
Cruz said the district currently relies on levy revenue for items the state funding model does not fully cover — transportation, extracurricular programs (sports, band, clubs and field trips), a large share of classified staff (custodians, secretaries and paraeducators), certain special-education costs, child nutrition shortfalls, technology and some small capital projects. He said the district’s levy share of total local revenue is about 11 percent compared with a statewide average of roughly 14.5 percent.
Cruz told directors that an EP&O renewal requires a…
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