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Proposition 1: Renewal Enrichment and Operations Levy
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 303
KITSAP COUNTY, WASHINGTON
RENEWAL ENRICHMENT AND OPERATIONS LEVY
RESOLUTION NO. 02-23-24
A RESOLUTION of the Board of Directors of Bainbridge Island School District No. 303, Kitsap County, Washington, providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the District at a special election to be held therein on February 13, 2024, of the proposition of whether excess taxes should be levied of $11,900,000 in 2024 for collection in 2025, $12,250,000 in 2025 for collection in 2026, $12,600,000 in 2026 for collection in 2027, and $12,950,000 in 2027 for collection in 2028, said excess taxes to pay for educational enrichment programs and operations support of the District.
ADOPTED NOVEMBER 30, 2023
PREPARED BY:
PACIFICA LAW GROUP LLP
Seattle, Washington
RESOLUTION NO. 02-23-24
A RESOLUTION of the Board of Directors of Bainbridge Island School District No. 303, Kitsap County, Washington, providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the District at a special election to be held therein on February 13, 2024, of the proposition of whether excess taxes should be levied of $11,900,000 in 2024 for collection in 2025, $12,250,000 in 2025 for collection in 2026, $12,600,000 in 2026 for collection in 2027, and $12,950,000 in 2027 for collection in 2028, said excess taxes to pay for educational enrichment programs and operations support of the District.
WHEREAS, Bainbridge Island School District No. 303, Kitsap County, Washington (the “District”), was previously authorized to collect a three-year educational program and operations levy in order to enable the District to pay for its educational program and operations, including teaching, instructional support, school supplies, extracurricular activities and transportation; and
WHEREAS, the current educational program and operations levy expires in 2024; and
WHEREAS, in 2017, the State Legislature passed the Basic Education Funding Act (Laws of 2017, 3d Spec. Sess., ch. 13), as subsequently amended, which revised education funding in the State by re-designating maintenance and operations levies as “enrichment levies,” placing limits on levied amounts, and directing the deposit of taxes levied to a sub-fund of the General Fund; and
WHEREAS, the money in and to be paid into the General Fund of the District during the 2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028, and 2028-2029 school years will be insufficient to enable the District to pay for necessary educational enrichment programs and operations and to properly meet the educational needs of the students attending District schools; and
WHEREAS, in order to properly provide for such educational enrichment programs and operations support, the Board of Directors of the District deems it necessary to renew the expiring levy by levying 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 levy to be made for four years commencing in 2024 for collection in the school years from 2024-2025 through 2028-2029, inclusive, as authorized by Article VII, Section 2 of the State Constitution and RCW 84.52.053; and
WHEREAS, the question of whether or not such excess tax may be levied must be submitted to the qualified electors of the District for their ratification or rejection; and
WHEREAS, the conditions here and above set forth requires the holding of a special election in the District;
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 following taxes for the District’s General Fund should be levied 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:
A. $11,900,000, said levy to be made in 2024 for collection in 2025;
B. $12,250,000, said levy to be made in 2025 for collection in 2026;
C. $12,600,000, said levy to be made in 2026 for collection in 2027; and
D. $12,950,000, said levy to be made in 2027 for collection in 2028.
The exact levy rate and the actual amounts to be collected shall be adjusted based upon (1) the actual assessed value of the property within the District at the time of the levy and (2) the legal limit on the levy rate and levy amount applicable at the time of the levy. At this time, based upon information provided by the Kitsap County Assessor’s office, the estimated levy rate for the 2024 levy is $0.85 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation, the estimated levy rate for the 2025 levy is $0.85 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation, the estimated levy rate for the 2026 levy is $0.85per thousand dollars of assessed valuation, and the estimated levy rate for the 2027 levy is $0.85 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation.
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 2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028, and 2028-2029 school years, may incur an indebtedness by the issuance of short term obligations against the General Fund of the District, as authorized by Chapter 39.50 RCW, and may expend the proceeds of said levies to pay for eligible activities in accordance with the Basic Education Funding Act, as it may be amended and supplemented, and other applicable law.
Section 2. It is hereby found and declared that the best interests of the District require the submission to the qualified electors of the District of the proposition of whether or not the District shall levy such excess tax for their ratification or rejection at a special election to be held therein on February 13, 2024.
The Kitsap County Auditor, as ex officio supervisor of elections in Kitsap County, Washington, is hereby requested to call and conduct said special election to be held by all mail-in ballot within the District on said date and to submit to the qualified electors of the District the proposition substantially in the form hereinafter set forth.
The Secretary of the Board of Directors is hereby authorized and directed to certify said proposition to the Kitsap County Auditor, as ex officio supervisor of elections in Kitsap County, substantially in the following form:
PROPOSITION NO. 1
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 303
RENEWAL ENRICHMENT AND OPERATIONS LEVY
The Board of Directors of Bainbridge Island School District No. 303 approved Resolution No. 02-23-24, concerning the replacement of an expiring school enrichment and operations levy. This proposition provides funding for educational programs and operations not funded by the State. If approved, Proposition 1 will authorize the District to levy the following excess taxes, on all taxable property within the District, as provided in Resolution No. 02-23-24:
Collection Years
Approximate Levy Rate per
$1000 of Assessed Value
Levy Amount
2025
2026
2027
2028
$0.85
$0.85
$0.85
$0.85
$11,900,000
$12,250,000
$12,600,000
$12,950,000
Should this proposition be approved?
YES ☐
NO ☐
The Secretary of the Board of Directors of the District is hereby authorized and directed to: (a) present a certified copy of this resolution to the Kitsap County Auditor, (b) approve changes to the ballot title, if any, deemed necessary by the Kitsap County Auditor or the Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney, and (c) perform such other duties as are necessary or required by law to submit the proposition to the voters. All actions of the District or its staff or officers taken prior to the effective date of this resolution and consistent with the objectives and terms of this resolution are ratified and confirmed.
Section 3. Notices Relating to Ballot Title. For purposes of receiving notice of the exact language of the ballot title required by RCW 29A.36.080, the Board hereby designates the (a) Director of Business and Finance (Kelly Pearson), telephone: (206) 780-1061; email: kpearson@bisd303.org; and (b) bond counsel, Pacifica Law Group LLP (Faith Pettis), telephone: (206) 245-1700; email: faith.pettis@pacificalawgroup.com, as the individuals to whom the Kitsap County Auditor shall provide any such notice.
ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of Bainbridge Island School District No. 303, Kitsap County, Washington, at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 30th day of November, 2023.
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.
303, KITSAP COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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President
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Vice President
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Director
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Director
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Director
ATTEST:
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Secretary, Board of Directors
CERTIFICATE
I, the undersigned, Secretary of the Board of the Board of Directors of Bainbridge Island School District No. 303, Kitsap County, Washington, (the “District”) and keeper of the records of the Board of Directors (herein called the “Board”), DO HEREBY CERTIFY:
1. That the attached resolution is a true and correct copy of Resolution No. 02-23-24 of the Board (herein called the “Resolution”), duly adopted at a regular meeting thereof held on the 30th day of November, 2023.
2. That said meeting was duly convened and held in all respects in accordance with law, and to the extent required by law, due and proper notice of such meeting was given; that a legal quorum was present throughout the meeting and a legally sufficient number of members of the Board voted in the proper manner for the adoption of said Resolution; that all other requirements and proceedings incident to the proper adoption of said Resolution have been duly fulfilled, carried out and otherwise observed, and that I am authorized to execute this certificate.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of November, 2023.
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Secretary, Board of Directors
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 303
KITSAP COUNTY, WASHINGTON
PROPOSITION NO. 1
O F F I C I A L B A L L O T
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 303
KITSAP COUNTY, WASHINGTON
PROPOSITION NO. 1
RENEWAL ENRICHMENT AND OPERATIONS LEVY
The Board of Directors of Bainbridge Island School District No. 303 approved Resolution No. 02-23-24, concerning the replacement of an expiring school enrichment and operations levy. This proposition provides funding for educational programs and operations not funded by the State. If approved, Proposition 1 will authorize the District to levy the following excess taxes, on all taxable property within the District, as provided in Resolution No. 02-23-24:
Collection Years
Approximate Levy Rate per
$1000 of Assessed Value
Levy Amount
2025
2026
2027
2028
$0.85
$0.85
$0.85
$0.85
$11,900,000
$12,250,000
$12,600,000
$12,950,000
Should this proposition be approved?
YES ☐
NO ☐
NOTICE OF ELECTION
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 303
KITSAP COUNTY, WASHINGTON
PROPOSITION NO. 1
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on February 13, 2024, an election will be held by all mail-in ballot in the above-named District for the submission to the qualified electors of said District of the following proposition:
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 303
KITSAP COUNTY, WASHINGTON
PROPOSITION NO. 1
RENEWAL ENRICHMENT AND OPERATIONS LEVY
The Board of Directors of Bainbridge Island School District No. 303 approved Resolution No. 02-23-24, concerning the replacement of an expiring school enrichment and operations levy. This proposition provides funding for educational programs and operations not funded by the State. If approved, Proposition 1 will authorize the District to levy the following excess taxes, on all taxable property within the District, as provided in Resolution No. 02-23-24:
Collection Years
Approximate Levy Rate per
$1000 of Assessed Value
Levy Amount
2025
2026
2027
2028
$0.85
$0.85
$0.85
$0.85
$11,900,000
$12,250,000
$12,600,000
$12,950,000
Should this proposition be approved?
YES ☐
NO ☐
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Kitsap County Auditor