WHEREAS, Bainbridge Island School District No. 303, Kitsap County, Washington (the “District”), is a first-class school district duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the Constitution and the laws of the State of Washington (the “State”) now in effect; and 

WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 84.52.053, the qualified electors of the District may by a simple majority vote authorize an enrichment levy of up to four years to support the District’s educational programs and operations; and 

WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 84.52.053(2)(a), school districts are prohibited from authorizing additional tax levies for enrichment funding, except for additional levies to provide for subsequently enacted increases that affect the district’s maximum levy; and  

WHEREAS, the voters of the District approved a four-year enrichment and operations levy at the February 13, 2024 election; and 

WHEREAS, at the time of the levy’s adoption, the maximum levy amount available to the District was $2,500 per pupil, adjusted for inflation using the consumer price index for all urban consumers, Seattle area (“Seattle CPI”), pursuant to RCW 84.52.0531; and 

WHEREAS, in 2025, the State Legislature passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2049 

(“ESHB 2049”), which increased the maximum enrichment levy amount for certain school districts (including the District) by, among other things, increasing the maximum per-pupil limit by $500 in 2026, and increasing the maximum per-pupil limit by 3.3 percent above Seattle CPI each year from 2027 to 2030; and 

WHEREAS, ESHB 2049 increases the maximum amount of enrichment funding the District may levy, and thereby enables the District to seek voter approval to supplement its current levy, which the District adopted prior to ESHB 2049’s enactment; and 

WHEREAS, funds available in the District’s General Fund, including sub-funds thereof, during the school years of 2025–2026 through 2028–2029, will be insufficient to pay for necessary educational programs and operations and properly meet the educational and safety needs of the students attending District schools; and 

WHEREAS, to provide adequately for the District’s educational programs and operations, the Board of Directors of the District (the “Board”) deems it necessary to levy supplemental taxes upon all of the taxable property within the District in excess of the maximum annual tax levy permitted by law to be levied within the District without a vote of the electors, such supplemental levy to be made for three years commencing with certification in 2025 for collection in the school years 2025–2026 through 2028–2029, inclusive, as authorized by Article VII, Section 2 of the State Constitution and RCW 84.52.053, with such excess taxes to be deposited into the District’s General Fund, or a sub-fund thereof, and used to continue funding such educational programs and operations; and 

WHEREAS, the Constitution and laws of the State require that the question of whether the District may levy such supplemental excess taxes be submitted to the qualified electors of the District for their approval or rejection; and 

WHEREAS, the Board deems it necessary and advisable to place the proposition for such supplemental excess tax levies before the District’s voters at an election to be held within the District on November 4, 2025 (the “Proposition”); 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 303, KITSAP COUNTY, WASHINGTON, as follows: 

Section 1.  The Board hereby finds and declares that the best interests of the District’s students and other residents require submission to the District’s voters, for their approval or rejection, the Proposition of whether the District shall levy supplemental excess property taxes upon all of the taxable property within the District to provide funding for continued educational programs and operations of the District, including but not limited to, teaching, instructional support, school supplies, athletics and extracurricular activities, operational support and transportation.  

Upon approval by the voters of the Proposition substantially in the form set forth below, the District may use the proceeds of said levies during the 2025–2026 through 2028–2029 school years to provide educational programs, enhancements and operations funding for the District and fund other eligible activities in accordance with the Basic Education Funding Act (Laws of 2017, 3d Spec. Sess., ch. 13), as amended and supplemented, and other applicable law. 

Section 2.  Upon approval by the voters of the Proposition, the District will levy the following taxes upon all of the taxable property within the District in excess of the maximum annual tax levy permitted by law to be levied within the District without a vote of the electors and supplementing the enrichment and operations levy approved by the District’s voters at the February 13, 2024 election, for deposit into the District’s General Fund: