Sentences with phrase «school referendum bill»

Voucher School Referendum Bill Four Democratic legislators are advancing a bill to give property taxpayers the final say on whether they want to be on the hook for tax dollars taken directly out of public schools to fund vouchers.

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«But ultimately it'll be up to the voters of the school district because the school board, if this bill is passed, will allow for them to decide to go to a referendum to then have a ward system,» Carlucci says.

The budget office also pointed to the benefits the revenue would have on property tax bills, along with school and local government aid — something of a long - form version (with numbers) of the referendum language voters will see in November.

Senators last month effectively killed off a measure providing for a statewide referendum on the amendment when, on the last day of their legislative session, they amended the bill to provide that only two - thirds of school operating costs would be removed from property taxes over 10 years.

Opponents of charter schools put Referendum 55 on the ballot in an effort to repeal a bill that Gov. Gary Locke signed into law last spring.

The Eau Claire Area School Board, under the leadership of WEAC member and School Board President Chris Hambuch - Boyle, has passed resolutions asking state legislators and the governor to oppose measures that would restrict the ability of school boards to raise money through referendums and to support the Wisconsin Voucher Taxpayer TransparencySchool Board, under the leadership of WEAC member and School Board President Chris Hambuch - Boyle, has passed resolutions asking state legislators and the governor to oppose measures that would restrict the ability of school boards to raise money through referendums and to support the Wisconsin Voucher Taxpayer TransparencySchool Board President Chris Hambuch - Boyle, has passed resolutions asking state legislators and the governor to oppose measures that would restrict the ability of school boards to raise money through referendums and to support the Wisconsin Voucher Taxpayer Transparencyschool boards to raise money through referendums and to support the Wisconsin Voucher Taxpayer Transparency Bill.

Referendum 55, a measure that gave voters a chance to decide the fate of a legislative bill passed in 2003 allowing charter schools, was failing by a large margin Tuesday night...

Onto less productive activities by our State Legislature: yesterday it passed a bill, A1877, that would require all aspiring charter schools to subject themselves to a public referendum.

Referendum 55 will ask voters to decide whether the charter schools bill approved this year should become law.

But, the very limited charter schools bill passed in the state Legislature last year and in front of voters in the form of Referendum 55 this election may help some students succeed in places where the worst schools exist.

The DPI estimates the statewide cost of this bill to be a maximum of $ 21.8 million in 2019, depending on whether nine additional school districts going to referendum this spring are successful.

The bill would require a referendum to pass before voucher schools can take state aid out of a public school district.

School board members and superintendents appearing before the Assembly education committee questioned why Republicans want to inject themselves in local affairs during a public hearing on a bill that would prohibit school districts from bringing a failed referendum back to voters for two School board members and superintendents appearing before the Assembly education committee questioned why Republicans want to inject themselves in local affairs during a public hearing on a bill that would prohibit school districts from bringing a failed referendum back to voters for two school districts from bringing a failed referendum back to voters for two years.

Other changes in the bill will allow voters in school districts with a surplus of education money to determine via a referendum if they want to cut property taxes.

One of the additional issues raised in the complaints relate to who paid for Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's trip to Bridgeport where he campaigned with Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch and Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas on behalf of Finch's anti-democracy referendum.