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Voters renew Meridian schools $14 million levy
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Meridian Police Department Log March 5-11 Police made the following arrests or issued charges: 1 fugitive to Idaho 1 resisting and obstructing officers 1 battery on law enforcement personnel 1 injury to child 1 domestic verbal 3 possession of marijuana 5 possession of paraphernalia 1 frequenting 3 driving without privileges 2 possession of a controlled substance 4 warrants 1 internet enticement 4 driving under the influence 1 leaving the scene of an accident 1 domestic battery 1 indecent exposure
Police also took calls, investigated or assisted: 3 agency assists 1 domestic verbal 3 medical assist 1 telephone harassment 1 misappropriation of personal information 2 runaways 2 possession of marijuana 2 possession of paraphernalia 1 juvenile beyond control 1 curfew violation 1 grand theft 1 disturbance 1 vandalism 1 commercial burglary 1 fraud 1 petit theft 1 injury traffic accident
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ixty percent of voters Tuesday agreed to re- STATE LEVY new Joint School District No. 2’s $14 mil- ELECTION RESULTS lion supplemental $209 million: total levy, funded through prop- amount voters approved erty taxes. across the state Tuesday The levy will be used each year for the next two school in school levies and years to continue funding bond issues what the current $14 million 41 of 48 ballot measupplemental levy funds: sures passed about 45 staff members and SOURCE: Idaho Education nine school days. News “We’re glad that for the first time since the ‘08-’09 school year, we won’t have to look at cutting some other program or service or personnel,” district spokesman Eric Exline said. Five other local school districts also asked for levies: Nampa, Caldwell, Vallivue, Middleton and Kuna. Only Kuna’s failed, falling short by 48 votes. With the exception of 2011, voters in Joint by Holly Beech hbeech@mymeridianpress.com School District No. 2 have passed every supplemen© 2014 MERIDIAN PRESS tal levy request since 2005, Exline said, which was the first time the district had requested a supplemental levy since the 1980s. More than 80 percent of Idaho’s school districts use supplemental levy revenue in their budgets, Exline said. State funding for public schools dropped by 29 percent — or $540 million — from 2008 to 2014, according to the Idaho Division of Financial Management. In Joint School District No. 2, Exline said, each classroom’s state funding was cut by about $5,700 in that timeframe. Exline said the district hopes to move forward in a better financial position while lowering the levy rate. For the next budget year, the district’s overall levy rate — including supplemental, bond and plant facility levies — will amount to $407 per every $100,000 of taxable property value, down from $438.
LOCAL LEVY ELECTIONS Note: Levy expires after two years. Amount represents revenue per year.
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