What it asksTax increase
- First year
- $1,192,406
- “taxes be increased by $1,192,406 for collection year 2027”
What it's for
“for the purpose of: attracting, training, and retaining high-quality teachers; maintaining competitive salaries and wages for district teachers, teacher's aides, bus drivers, custodians, and other support staff; and properly funding the ongoing maintenance of school facilities to extend their useful life;”
The ballot question5B
Shall Prairie School District No. RE-11J taxes be increased by $1,192,406 for collection year 2027, and annually thereafter by an amount that, when combined with taxes previously approved by district voters as a mill levy override, equals thirty-seven percent of the district's total program as permitted by state law for additional local revenue, for the purpose of: attracting, training, and retaining high-quality teachers; maintaining competitive salaries and wages for district teachers, teacher's aides, bus drivers, custodians, and other support staff; and properly funding the ongoing maintenance of school facilities to extend their useful life; through the levy of property taxes for the district's general fund at a rate that will produce an amount equal to thirty-seven percent of the district's total program (as such term is defined in state law or any similar term in a successor provision)?
As the ballot prints it
SHALL PRAIRIE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-11J TAXES BE INCREASED BY $1,192,406 FOR COLLECTION YEAR 2027, AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY AN AMOUNT THAT, WHEN COMBINED WITH TAXES PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY DISTRICT VOTERS AS A MILL LEVY OVERRIDE, EQUALS THIRTY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE DISTRICT'S TOTAL PROGRAM AS PERMITTED BY STATE LAW FOR ADDITIONAL LOCAL REVENUE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF: ATTRACTING, TRAINING, AND RETAINING HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS; MAINTAINING COMPETITIVE SALARIES AND WAGES FOR DISTRICT TEACHERS, TEACHER'S AIDES, BUS DRIVERS, CUSTODIANS, AND OTHER SUPPORT STAFF; AND PROPERLY FUNDING THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES TO EXTEND THEIR USEFUL LIFE; THROUGH THE LEVY OF PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND AT A RATE THAT WILL PRODUCE AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THIRTY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE DISTRICT'S TOTAL PROGRAM (AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN STATE LAW OR ANY SIMILAR TERM IN A SUCCESSOR PROVISION)?
As printed in the document it was read from.