{"id":2342197,"date":"2024-09-17T09:53:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T13:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spokane-county-schools-ask-for-more-tax-dollars-after-measures-failed-in-february-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T09:55:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T13:55:42","slug":"spokane-county-schools-ask-for-more-tax-dollars-after-measures-failed-in-february-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spokane-county-schools-ask-for-more-tax-dollars-after-measures-failed-in-february-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Spokane County schools ask for more tax dollars after measures failed in February &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspokane-county-schools-ask-for-more-tax-dollars-after-measures-failed-in-february-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2342197&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Spokane County schools are seeking additional funding following unsuccessful bond measures in February. The Cheney School District is proposing a $72 million bond for various improvements, including a\u200d new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2020-was-the-brian-stelter-of-years\/\" title=\"2020 Was the Brian Stelter of Years\">elementary school<\/a>, subject to a 40% voter \u2063turnout and a 60% approval rate. Similarly, the\u2064 Deer Park School District is requesting a $55.1 million bond to build a new elementary school and transport facility, also needing \u200dthe same voter requirements. Lastly, the West Valley School District is pushing for \u2062a levy to enhance safety and infrastructure, requesting $1 per $1,000 of assessed property value for three years, which is lower than the\u200d previous \u200crate. All three districts aim for voter approval in the upcoming November <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-republican-jd-vance-takes-the-lead-in-ohio-senate-race\/\" title=\"Poll: Republican JD Vance Takes the Lead in Ohio Senate Race\">5 general election<\/a> after their previous funding requests failed.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Spokane County schools ask for more tax dollars after measures failed in February<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1762236\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square)&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;The primary election was only last month, but a few school districts in Spokane County are already looking ahead to the Nov. 5 general election, hoping they can pass bonds that failed in February.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CHENEY SCHOOL DISTRICT<\/h2>\n<p>The first&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokanecounty.org\/DocumentCenter\/View\/55991\/Cheney-School-District---Proposition-1-PDF\">request<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;comes from the Cheney School District, which&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us\/ReportCard\/ViewSchoolOrDistrict\/100042\">serves<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;over 5,500 students. CSD is asking voters to approve a&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.finalsite.net\/images\/v1724971535\/cheneysdorg\/iwgljgg6ua31ytasxqmc\/Cheney-2024BondFactSheet.pdf\">$72 million<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;bond, which it intends to pay back over 21 years. The request requires a minimum voter turnout of 40% with an approval threshold of 60%.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The funding would go toward constructing a new elementary school in Airway Heights, district-wide health and facility upgrades and land acquisitions. The caveat is that CSD did not include a rate at which voters will repay the $72 million, only the 21-year timeframe.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cheney&rsquo;s request follows a&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/washington\/article_ac2d5b46-d4fb-11ee-b085-dbd3d7d71bc0.html#:~:text=But%20five%20of%20those%20school%20districts%20%E2%80%93%20Spokane%2C%20West%20Valley%2C%20Cheney%2C%20Riverside%2C%20and%20Deer%20Park%20%2D%20are%20considering%20future%20options%20after%20their%20long%2Dterm%2C%20multi%2Dmillion%2Ddollar%20construction%20bond%20proposals%20failed%20to%20garner%20enough%20voter%20support%20for%20passage.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">failed<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;attempt from February to pass the same $72 million bond.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DEER PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT<\/h2>\n<p>The second&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokanecounty.org\/DocumentCenter\/View\/55566\/Deer-Park-School-District---Proposition-1-PDF\">ask<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;comes from the Deer Park School District, which&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us\/ReportCard\/ViewSchoolOrDistrict\/100067\">serves<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;around 2,500 students. DPSD is asking voters to approve a $55.1 million bond, which it intends to repay over 27 years. The request requires a minimum voter turnout of 40% with an approval threshold of 60%.<\/p>\n<p>If approved, DPSD would use the funding to construct another elementary school and transportation facility, though, similar to CSD, it would do so without an established rate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>DPSD also failed to garner enough support last February to pass its then-proposed $62 million bond.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEST VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT<\/h2>\n<p>The third&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokanecounty.org\/DocumentCenter\/View\/56099\/West-Valley-School-District---Proposition-1-November-PDF\">request<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;comes from West Valley School District, which&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us\/ReportCard\/ViewSchoolOrDistrict\/100291\">serves<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;roughly 3,400 students. WVSD is asking voters to approve a levy dedicated to safety, security and infrastructure improvements, replacing its expiring capital levy, which voters approved in 2021.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If approved, voters would pay $1 per every $1,000 of assessed property value for the next three years, during which WVSD will identify and plan specific projects for each. The rate is over 20% less than the current one set at $1.26 per $1,000 assessed value.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Like Cheney and Deer Park, WVSD failed to garner enough support in February to pass its then-proposed $92 million bond. If voters approve this levy, which only needs a simple majority to pass, it will generate around $11.7 million over the next three years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We heard the community ask for a scaled back project list with a lower price than the bond ask,&rdquo; district officials wrote on WVSD&rsquo;s&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvsd.org\/apps\/pages\/index.jsp?uREC_ID=3703807&amp;type=d&amp;pREC_ID=2424682\">website<\/a><\/strong>. &ldquo;This is about $31 per month or $370 per year on a house with the median assessed value of $370,000.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ORCHARD PRAIRIE SCHOOL DISTRICT<\/h2>\n<p>Orchard Prairie is the last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-gov-newsom-announces-2b-plan-to-reopen-schools-by-spring\/\" title=\"Calif. Gov. Newsom announces B plan to reopen schools by spring\">school district<\/a> in Spokane County that&rsquo;s asking voters to approve a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-schumer-file-measure-that-sets-up-process-to-ram-through-biden-stimulus-without-gop-support\/\" title=\"Pelosi, Schumer File Measure That Sets Up Process To Ram Through Biden Stimulus Without GOP Support\">tax measure<\/a>, a $6.2 million bond. The district, which&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us\/ReportCard\/ViewSchoolOrDistrict\/100187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">serves<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;around 75 students up to seventh grade, intends to use the funding to build a new school.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Like other bonds, the measure requires a supermajority of 60% approval and at least 40% voter turnout. OPSD did not include an established levy rate in its ballot&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokanecounty.org\/DocumentCenter\/View\/55994\/Orchard-Prairie-School-District---Proposition-1-PDF\">resolution<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>However, unlike the other requests, OPSD did not have a failed tax measure earlier this year. It&rsquo;s most-recent levy passed with a supermajority in April 2023.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1762236\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1762236\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spokane County schools are seeking additional tax funding after previous measures did not succeed in February (The Center Square). Although the primary election was just last month, several school districts in Spokane County are already preparing for the general election on November 5, aiming to pass bonds that were rejected earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>**Cheney School District**<br \/>\nThe Cheney School District, which serves over 5,500 students, is requesting voter approval for a $72 million bond to be repaid over 21 years. This proposal requires at least a 40% voter turnout and a 60% approval rate. The funds would be allocated for building a new elementary school in Airway Heights, upgrading health and facilities district-wide, and acquiring land. However, the district has not specified the repayment rate for the $72 million bond; it only mentions the repayment period of 21 years. This request follows an unsuccessful attempt to pass the same bond amount in February.<\/p>\n<p>**Deer Park School District**<br \/>\nNext is Deer Park School District, which caters to around 2,500 students. They are asking voters to approve a $55.1 million bond with a repayment plan spanning 27 years. Similar to Cheney&#8217;s request, this measure also needs at least a 40% voter turnout and must achieve a minimum of 60% approval. If passed, these funds would be used to build another elementary school and transportation facility; however, like Cheney\u2019s proposal, it does not specify an established repayment rate. Deer Park also failed to secure enough support for its previously proposed $62 million bond last February.<\/p>\n<p>**West Valley School District**<br \/>\nWest Valley School District serves approximately 3,400 students and is seeking voter approval for a levy focused on safety and infrastructure improvements as it replaces its expiring capital levy from 2021. If approved by voters at $1 per every $1,000 of assessed property value over three years\u201420% less than the current rate of $1.26\u2014it will generate about $11.7 million during that time while specific projects are identified and planned out by WVSD officials based on community feedback regarding lower-cost options compared to previous proposals.<\/p>\n<p>**Orchard Prairie School District**<br \/>\nLastly is Orchard Prairie School District requesting approval for a tax measure involving a $6.2 million bond aimed at constructing a new school serving around 75 students up through seventh grade. Like other bonds mentioned above, this measure requires both at least a supermajority of 60% approval as well as minimum voter turnout of at least 40%. Unlike others seeking funding now after failing earlier this year\u2014Orchard Prairie successfully passed its most recent levy with supermajority support back in April of this year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2342198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24014160623172-1-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[33940,37198,3735,33919,37179],"class_list":["post-2342197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-education-funding","tag-local-government","tag-schools","tag-spokane-county","tag-tax-dollars"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24014160623172-1-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2342197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2342198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}