Local ballot measures, Indiana

Recent local news MCAS board considers bond issue for high school roof February 13, 2013 Zionsville voters face lone area school-funding referendum Oregon-Davis School district rolls the dice on referendum Huntertown to decide utility board Library referendum in Johnson County planned for May 8 Chesterton Chamber urges 'yes' vote on school referendum Johnson County, A few precincts’ tickets didn’t list library referendum; error caught early, fixed FWCS upgrades approved, Districts hope voters say Yes to building improvements, Fort Wayne, For good schools, vote yes School Districts Ask For Taxpayer Help On May 8 Ballot Merrillville police chief supports referendum Buchanan schools bond issue on ballot Zionsville Residents Hear Referendum Options, Zionsville Schools To Float Referendum,New Zionsville referendum on tap Battle brews over Duneland tax boost, Duneland School Board approves placing tax referendum on primary ballot Tuttle school, Election board to approve referendum language Friday EACS plan for revamp decisively rejected, EACS to take $89 million project to referendum vote $119M Question: FWCS Renovation Project on May Ballot, FWCS plan earns spot on May ballot 252 people favor placing $119 million building project on May ballot 1-mill levy proposed for Cass roads Randolph Central Schools consider referendum Lake Central School Board approves wording of referendum question, Lake Central moves to put school expansion on ballot Greenwood voters will decide on new aquatics center Referendum win averts CP school layoffs Perry voters OK tax hike, Avon votes no School consolidation on ballot in LaPorte County Crown Point referendum paves way for other school districts, Join the campaign to support Crown Point schools Voters facing big decision with school referendums: more taxes or more cuts Franklin Township hopes voters will support school referendum North Adams seeks $1.25 mil. referendum New Paris school measures winning in early vote totals No special polling places for C.P. school referendum White calls Armstrong ballot question 'false choice' Glenwood voters to weigh in on power referendum Monroe County School board approves budget for referendum Fishers city question could wait until 2012, City-vs.-town debate returns to Fishers, Voters given the OK to decide whether Fishers will be a city, More wrangling possible after referendum vote in Fishers, Fishers lawsuit seeks solo referendum Crown Point Tax hike will be on ballot, Crown Point school fund referendum on ballot Avon educators to ask voters for property tax hike, Avon Schools to seek a tax referendum ...more local news School bond and tax votes See also: School bond and tax elections in Indiana In Indiana, a ballot measure is required for school districts to exceed the property tax revenue limit, to issue new bonding for new construction or capital improvements, or to issue new property taxes to pay the mandatory excess property tax credit. This is done through exceeding the referendum tax levy. Indiana sets strict time frames on elections in which six months must elapse at minimum when a school board approves a resolution calling an election to election day. Indiana requires school districts to wait exactly one year if a referendum is defeated before re-starting the process of issuing a ballot question to the district's voters. Also, Indiana sets maximum caps on bonding for capital improvement projects and new construction by putting bonding into three classes. This prevents voters from dealing with the prospect of high priced bond referendums which are common in neighboring states. Indiana also issues excess property tax credits to taxpayers if a school district's property tax revenue exceeds a set threshold depending on property class.

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