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Vancouver School District Tax Levy Increase Proposition (February 2013)
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A Vancouver School District Tax Levy Increase proposition was approved on the February 12, 2013 election ballot in Clark County, which is in Washington.
This proposition authorized the Vancouver School District to impose an additional property tax levy of $4 million per year for six years. The estimated millage rate is given below. This proposition is the second of two tax levy props in Vancouver County and this tax levy depends on the first as this tax will not come into effect unless the first proposition is approved as well as this one.[1]
Election results
Clark County
| Vancouver School District Tax Prop. 2 | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 16,841 | 62.46% | ||
| No | 10,121 | 37.54% | ||
Election results from Clark County Election Results Report.
Text of measure
Language on the ballot:
| “ | The Board of Directors of Vancouver School District No. 37 passed Resolution No. 722 concerning this proposition to fund updated technology, software, and digital learning tools for classrooms in all schools, plus training for teachers. This proposition authorizes the District to collect the following excess taxes on all taxable property within the District for the following six years. If Proposition #2 is approved but Proposition #1 is not approved, this tax will
not be collected. Year 2014: $4,000,000 (approx. $0.35/$1,000 of value) |
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Note: This is not a perfect copy of the ballot language posted on the county website here.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Clark County February 12, 2013 sample ballot
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedWash - ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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