Statewide, 62% of school issues on the November ballot passed, but only 34% of requests for new operating monies were approved according to the Buckeye Association for School Administrators.Columbus City Schools’ 8.98-mill combined levy and bond issue passed with a 63% approval rate. Three of the seven other large urban school districts in Ohio had [...]

The polls are now open for the fall 2008 elections, and KidsOhio.org’s nonpartisan, two-page summary of Issue 75–Columbus City Schools’ 2008 combined levy and bond issue–is now available here.

This nonpartisan guide contains the most up-to-date information about the Columbus City Schools’ November 2008 nine-mill operating levy and bond issue. The guide includes specific information about the cost and purpose of the ballot issue, new performance data from the state report card and details about the district’s accountability pledge.
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Columbus City Schools plans to put a joint bond issue and 7.85-mill operating levy on the November 2008 ballot. This guide provides information on what the ballot issue would cost and what it would pay for, as well as a look at the district’s budget forecast, ongoing facilities program and recent trends in enrollment and academics.

ALSO AVAILABLE HERE: the Board of Education’s August 19 resolution to accelerate academic achievement with resources from the levy and bond issue.

Columbus City Schools plans to put a joint bond issue and 7.85-mill operating levy on the November 2008 ballot. This guide provides information on what the ballot issue would cost and what it would pay for, as well as a look at the district’s budget forecast, ongoing facilities program and recent trends in enrollment and academics.

ALSO AVAILABLE HERE: the Board of Education’s August 19 resolution to accelerate academic achievement with resources from the levy and bond issue.