Schools to seek $2.8 million levy
The Mountain Home School District will seek voter approval for a $2.8 million supplemental levy in an effort to eliminate the district's projected funding shortfall.
The formal decision will be made at a special school board meeting Thursday, April 22. The earliest the board could legally hold the election is May 27, two days after the primary election, but it may push the vote into early June.
After the first genuine cut in education funds in the state's history, the Idaho Legislature this year slashed funding for local school districts by 7.5 percent. The legislature also declared a financial emergency for all districts in the state, allowing local school districts to go to the voters to make up the funding shortfall by seeking supplemental levies.
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