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Board hears plan to ask voters to waive Prop C rollback; staff says full waiver would fund teacher raises, cost to homeowner modest
Summary
District staff explained a proposal to seek a full Prop C rollback waiver on the April 2026 ballot, showing potential revenue and levy impacts and estimating about $4 million for salary enhancements that would raise starting teacher pay by roughly $1,000.
Lee's Summit R‑VII staff told the board they plan to ask voters to waive the state's Prop C annual rollback so the district can use the full voted tax rate; staff estimated the district receives roughly $25 million a year from the state's Prop C distribution and that a full waiver would provide material local revenue for salaries.
"Approximately $25,000,000 each year in recent history, of proxy revenue from the state," Dr. Herzog said, describing how the 1% statewide sales tax enacted in 1982 is collected into a statewide pot and redistributed per pupil. He explained the rollback calculation and that the district currently has a 20¢ partial waiver, which this year produced a…
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