SCHOOL DISTRICT QUESTION 2 (ISD #272)
APPROVE RENEWED CAPITAL PROJECT LEVY AUTHORIZATION
The school board of Independent School District No. 272 (Eden Prairie Schools) has proposed a project for the acquisition and betterment of school sites and facilities and the payment of certain
technology costs, including the repair, renovation, remodeling, upgrading, equipping, and construction of improvements to various school district sites and facilities; the purchase and installation of classroom equipment; the funding of costs related to the support and maintenance of technology, and the funding of costs related to training staff in the use of technology. To provide funds for the project costs, the school board has previously proposed, and the voters have approved, a capital project levy authorization in the amount of 6.528547% times the net tax capacity of the school district. The school board now proposes to renew the capital project levy authorization, which is set to expire in taxes payable year 2014. The proposed authorization would raise approximately $5,771,618 for taxes payable in 2015, the first year it is to be levied, and would be authorized for ten years unless earlier revoked or reduced as provided by law. The estimated cost of the projects to be funded over that time period is approximately $57,716,180. The project has received a positive review and comment from the commissioner of education.
Shall the extension of the capital project levy authorization proposed by the school board of Independent School District No. 272 be approved?
BY VOTING YES ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU ARE VOTING TO RENEW AN EXISTING CAPITAL PROJECTS REFERENDUM THAT IS SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE.
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