Ballot Measure 2-104 would renew the local option levy originally approved by voters in 2006 and renewed in 2010. The current local option levy funds about 50 full-time teaching positions annually.
The local option levy would provide funds to sustain class sizes and programs. Specifically, the funds would be used to support art education for all elementary students, counseling for students, classroom teachers at all schools in order to sustain class sizes, instructional coaches to improve teaching and learning, music instruction and physical education for all students in grades K-6, vocational and technical education opportunities for high school students, and high school athletics and activities.
This measure would continue the existing local option levy rate (which cannot exceed $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed value) for another five years, starting in 2017 and ending in 2022. It is not a new or additional tax.