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News
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Board Votes to Place Two Parcel Taxes on the November 2012 Ballot
In the face of several more years of anticipated budget reductions, all five members of the Santa Barbara Unified School District’s Board of Education engaged in discussion and agreed to place two parcel taxes on the November 6, 2012 ballot. One parcel tax would benefit junior high and high school education and another would benefit elementary education. These parcel taxes would benefit the educational opportunities available to more than 15,000 students in grades K-12.
On a 5:0 vote, last night the board approved Resolution No. 2011/2012-64 to place on the November ballot an annual $45 secondary education parcel tax for four years. Funds generated by the parcel tax would support math, science, technology education, music, arts, foreign language and theatre and augment career skills courses.
A parcel tax to support our district’s junior highs and high schools would be under local control and could not be taken away by the state. Exemptions would be available for senior citizens. A mandatory citizen oversight committee would be in place to monitor parcel tax expenditures. None of the funds would be used for administrator salaries or benefits.
With the support of the electorate, this parcel tax (which would apply to that portion formerly known as the Santa Barbara Secondary School District) would benefit the district’s secondary schools by continuing to provide funding to programs that would otherwise end when parcel tax Measure H2008 expires at the end of school year 2012-13.
On a 5:0 vote, the board also passed Resolution No. 2011/2012-65 to place on the November 2012 ballot an annual $48 elementary education parcel tax for four years. Funds generated by the parcel tax would support math, science, music, and technology education as well as help maintain class sizes.
A parcel tax to support our district’s elementary schools would be under local control and could not be taken away by the state. Exemptions would be available for senior citizens. A mandatory citizen oversight committee would be in place to monitor parcel tax expenditures. None of the funds would be used for administrator salaries or benefits.
With the support of the electorate, this parcel tax (which would apply to that portion formerly known as the Santa Barbara Elementary School District) would benefit the district’s elementary schools by continuing to provide funding to valuable programs that would otherwise end when parcel tax Measure I2008 expires at the end of school year 2012-13.
To learn more about how current parcel tax Measures H2008 and I2008 (scheduled to end after school year 2012-13) are making a difference in our students’ educational opportunities, visit: http://www.sbsdk12.org/parceltax/HI/index.shtml