6 school districts back on ballot, seeking money
Six months after they last passed school levies, a half-dozen Puget Sound school districts are back on the ballot, asking for more.
Seattle Times education reporter
School-levy facts
Here's what the six Puget Sound-area districts are seeking:Edmonds
$29.3 million over four years, or 30-31 cents per year for each $1,000 of assessed valuation.
The district says the money is needed to restore some of the programs and employees that would otherwise be cut because of losses in state and federal funding.
Six months after they last passed school levies, a half-dozen Puget Sound school districts are back on the ballot, asking for more.
They struggled over whether to file the measures, which are a temporary — and controversial — solution offered by the Legislature to offset the cuts in state education spending.
But it was either that or cut more programs, which they loathed to do as well.
"It's just one of those awful choices," said Lisa Macfarlane of the League of Education Voters, an education advocacy group.