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Richland board hears levy plan that would keep general levy at state cap, officials say
Summary
District staff outlined a plan asking voters to approve the next four years of levies — including the $2.50 per $1,000 assessed-value general levy and a capital projects levy — and described potential impacts on programs and an estimated average household increase next year.
District officials on Sept. 9 urged the Richland School District board to endorse a proposed levy package that maintains the district at the state’s maximum general levy rate and asks voters to approve a capital projects levy.
Travis, the district’s levy lead, told the board he recommends asking voters to authorize the district’s levy collections for the next four years and outlined how the revenues would support services the state does not fully fund, including special education staffing, paraprofessionals, substitutes, transportation and extracurricular support. He said the plan assumes current state funding levels and projected assessed-value growth, and that staff would bring a formal resolution for the board to consider at a subsequent meeting.
Why it matters: Board members said levy revenue sustains programs that would otherwise be cut if local funding is not…
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