Vote Yes for Our Kids, Schools and Community by voting Yes on Prop 1!

This Educational Programs and Operations levy provides funding for important educational needs and ensures teachers have the resources needed to help students succeed. This levy provides programs and operations that are not funded by the state. It is a replacement of an expiring levy, and it will actually decrease the local tax rate.

Examples of these educational needs that are not funded by the state include staff for special education, highly capable and English language learner programs; nurses; graduation requirements aligned with college entrance requirements; security and transportation staff; early learning programs; and athletics and activities.

With your support and due to good fiscal planning, LWSD can provide these needed services while actually reducing your local tax rate.

Better schools help build a stronger community and improve our quality of life. That’s why hundreds of your neighbors, elected officials, community leaders and organizations endorsed this measure (www.vote4lwsdkids.org). Please join us in voting Yes for the LWSD Education Programs and Operations Levy – Prop 1!

Our State taxes are going up to pay for Education.  We should reject this levy because we will be funding critical education needs through our State taxes.

The McCleary Decision required the State to fully fund basic education. In response, the Legislature passed House Bill 2242 in July 2017.  Section 301 authorizes the State to collect $3.60 per thousand of assessed property values, far more than $2.03 that is currently being collected.

Starting in 2018, the "State" portion of our property taxes will increase substantially to pay for the McCleary Decision.  For a median priced house, this increase will be about $1,200.  Plus, the $400,000,000 Bond Measure passed in 2016 will add $300 annually to our school property taxes. The District says that this levy will only cost $1.03 per thousand, but that still equates to $700 per year for a median-priced home - on top of the State tax increase.

This is not a replacement levy.  HB2242, section 202(14) prohibits the use of Operations levies to pay for basic education. It is not clear how the $64,000,000 collected annually from this levy will be spent, but it can't be spent on basic education.

Vote No and reject this measure.

Here are the clear and simple facts:

This EP & O levy funds important educational needs and ensures teachers have the resources needed to help students succeed.

This levy provides programs and operations that are not funded by the state.

It is a replacement of an expiring levy. It will decrease the local tax rate. Our schools can’t operate effectively without this money.

Support our Kids, Schools and Community by voting Yes on Prop 1!

Submitted by: Amy Walen, John Marchione, Bob Keller www.vote4lwsdkids.org

The State will be fully funding Basic Education through your State taxes.  Your property tax bill will arrive after this election and it will include a significant increase to pay for education.  This levy will add $700 to your annual tax bill and it is not clear how the Lake Washington School District will spend your money.

Vote No. Reject Proposition 1.

Submitted by: Susan Wilkins ParentsForEducation@yahoo.com

 Complete text of measure

Simple majority (Wash. Const. art. VII, sec. 2(a))

For questions about this measure, contact: Shannon Parthemer, Communications Director 425-936-1342, sparthemer@lwsd.org