Corvallis School Board adopts resolution for November 2026 Local Option Levy

At the August 12 school board meeting, the Corvallis School Board adopted a resolution that allows the district to submit for authorization of a five-year local option levy renewal for the November 3, 2026, election.

If approved, the levy would renew current local option taxes originally approved by voters in 2006 and renewed by voters in 2010, 2016, and 2022. The proposed rate of $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed value would not increase the current tax rate and would extend the existing tax rate for another five years beginning in 2027-28.

The Corvallis School District will use the tax revenue from this measure to continue operating at its present level of service. The tax revenue from this measure will be used to fund teachers at all schools to sustain class sizes; music, physical education and art instruction for elementary students; vocational and technical education opportunities; counseling support for students; instructional coaches to improve teaching and learning; and high school athletics and activities. 

The current Corvallis five-year local option levy comprises 10% of the 2026-27 operating budget and pays for 67 full-time teachers, or about 18% of the district’s teaching staff. As a result of the local option levy, class sizes have been reduced or stabilized, students have more access to counseling and social work services, and all elementary students receive PE, music and art instruction. Local option funds also support the district’s teacher mentoring program, high school athletics and activities, and have helped expand vocational and technical education programs at the high schools. 

For more information, please visit  www.csd509j.net/2026-local-option-levy