Capital outlay levy to remain the same
School board approves 6-0
By Bobbi Mlynar
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
The Emporia board of education kept a capital-outlay tradition when it voted 6-0 at its meeting Wednesday night to hold the fund's annual mill levy at four mills.
Assistant Superintendent of Business Rob Scheib told the board in a memo that a resolution passed in 2004 had committed the board to holding the capital-outlay mill levy to a maximum of four mills for five years.
School boards are allowed to levy up to eight mills for the capital outlay fund, Superintendent John Heim said. He added that the board would not be obligated to include the full four mills in next year's budget.
The proposed mill levy will be published in The Gazette's legals section twice before it can take effect.
The board also heard curriculum reports about mathematics interventions in grades kindergarten through 12 and a report on results of summer school sessions.
For more information from the meeting, read Thursday's Gazette.
goodoleboy (anonymous) says...
How about spending some of that money on your greatest asset, your teachers, they are underpaid as it is.
October 8, 2008 at 9:55 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
create (anonymous) says...
Right on!
I always have to shake my head this time of year when politicians love to mention teachers and how they should be paid more. Everybody always cheers loudly. Then what happens after the election? Absolutely nothing. But they sure want that NEA endorsement.
October 9, 2008 at 6:56 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
kseyetie (anonymous) says...
"spending some of that money on your greatest asset, your teachers" ======== probably true, at least for the good teachers. Capital outlay money has nothing to do with salaries or wages; it's used to maintain the buildings, buy buses, etc.
October 9, 2008 at 7:46 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
goodoleboy (anonymous) says...
Teachers salaries have not come close to keep up with cost of living increases, it is a travesty and whenever money and school are mentioned this needs to be an issue.
October 9, 2008 at 9:58 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )