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Kennewick School Board approves two replacement levies to keep programs, expand safety and technology
Summary
The Kennewick School District Board approved two replacement levies in separate roll-call votes (each 5–0) that the district says will maintain curricular and extracurricular programs and fund school safety, building hardening and instructional technology over four years.
The Kennewick School District Board of Directors voted unanimously Wednesday to place two separate replacement levies before voters that the district says are needed to maintain current programs and to fund safety and technology upgrades.
The first measure, Proposition 1 — described by district staff as a four‑year Educational Programs & Operations (EP&O) replacement levy — was presented to the board with projected levy amounts of $29,500,000 for fiscal 2027, $31,500,000 for fiscal 2028, $33,000,000 for fiscal 2029 and $34,500,000 for fiscal 2030. Dr. Brillhart summarized the levy’s purpose as closing a funding gap between projected state and federal revenues and the local dollars the district uses to sustain extracurriculars, additional nurses, security officers and other programs the state does not fund. “Again, this is a 4 year EP and O…
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