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Measure A Extend Tax with Cost-of-Living Increase Ross School District Special Parcel Tax - Two-Thirds Vote Required
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To maintain small class size, science, technology, library, fine arts, Spanish, learning lab and other programs, shall the Ross School District extend its previously approved parcel tax for a period of eight (8) years at the rate of $626.98 in the first year, and at such rate plus an annual 3% cost-of-living adjustment for each year thereafter, beginning July 1, 2007, with exemptions available for property owners age 65 or older?
Dated: December 14, 2006 s/PATRICK K. FAULKNER County Counsel
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Arguments For Measure A |
To maintain current programs, the Ross School District is
asking voters to renew the existing Parcel Tax.
The District has had an annual Parcel Tax since 1989 to supplement the state's inadequate funding. The Parcel Tax currently provides approximately 10% of the District's annual budget and represents a critical funding component for maintaining excellence in the school. District voters have generously supported the school and renewed the Parcel Tax each time it has expired. To continue the current programs, it is critical that the Parcel Tax be renewed. The Parcel Tax levies a flat tax (currently $608.72) on each parcel in the District. The tax increases by 3% each year. Property owners age 65 and over can ask to be exempted from the tax. Measure A will renew the existing tax with:
PLEASE VOTE YES ON MEASURE A!
s/BRUCE W. HART
(No arguments against Measure A were submitted) |
Full Text of Measure A |
Resolution No. 43-05 Board Of Education of the Ross School District County of Marin, State of California Resolution and Order of Election for a Special Parcel Tax Assessment WHEREAS, for many years the State Legislature has provided inadequate funding for educational programs at the Ross School District ("District"); and WHEREAS, the District has engaged in various efforts to generate funds for its educational programs, including lobbying the State Legislature, local fund-raising efforts and cost-cutting measures; and WHEREAS, Section 4 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution and Government Code Section 50075 et. seq., 53720 et. seq., and 50079 authorizes a school district, following notice and public hearing, to levy a special tax for specified purposes upon approval of two-thirds of the electorate voting on the measure ("Parcel Tax"); and WHEREAS, for the past 18 years, starting in 1989 (through June 1994), in 1994 (through June 1999), and in 1999 (through June 2007), the District has received Parcel Tax revenue to generate funds for the District's educational programs; and WHEREAS, the existing Parcel Tax currently provides approximately 10% of the District's annual revenue and allows it to maintain small class sizes and offer a variety of programs; and WHEREAS, this Board believes that it is necessary to continue the Parcel Tax to provide educational opportunities for the District's students; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that:
Regularly passed and adopted by the Board of Education of the Ross School District, Marin County, State of California, this 8th day of November, 2006, by the following Board Members: Dan Bernhard, Scott Chronert, Ken Fineman, Julie McMillan, Elizabeth Robbins, and adopted on roll by the following vote:
AYES: 4 |