Replacement Levy Facts May 2011

Issue #11 Replacement Levy May 3, 2011 Manchester Local Schools Your Support + Our Commitment = Their Excellence

What is the Board requesting? The board has placed a 9 mill replacement levy on the May 3, 2011 ballot. It will replace the tax that was originally passed in 1993. What’s a “replacement” levy? ,[object Object],[object Object]

Funds approved in 2011 are not collected until 2012.,[object Object]

Why have the district’s Costs increased? ,[object Object]

Unfunded federal and state mandates $155,978 ,[object Object], textbooks and technology $238,436 ,[object Object], special needs children $175,478 ,[object Object], doing business $77,809 Increases since 2005

Have the state or federal governments helped the school to keep up with cost of living expenses? NO. The state has flat lined our budget for the past 7 years. The federal stimulus money was a one-time amount that will not be available after 2012.

What is the cost of the issue? $100,000 home = $11.36 per month $100,000 home = $8.52 per month for seniors

How will the funds be used? The funds will be used to maintain present student programming and to address the building repairs.

Courses, programs, student services and extracurricular activities will be cut resulting in the loss of important services to students.

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