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Scottsdale Unified School District No. 48 Budget Override and Property Tax Question
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The basics
Election date:
November 5, 2019
Status:
Approved a Approved
Topic:
Local property tax
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November 5, 2019 ballot measures in Arizona
Maricopa County, Arizona ballot measures
Local school tax on the ballot
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A budget override and property tax measure was on the ballot for Scottsdale Unified School District No. 48 voters in Maricopa County, Arizona, on November 5, 2019. It was approved.

A yes vote was a vote in favor of authorizing the district to exceed their maintenance and operations budget by 15% for six years, thereby continuing existing budget levels, and levying property taxes of $0.38 per $100 in assessed property value.
A no vote was a vote against authorizing the district to exceed their maintenance and operations budget by 15% for six years, thereby allowing the budget override to incrementally expire.


The increase in property taxes was estimated to raise about $21.4 million.[1]

Election results

Scottsdale Unified School District Budget and Property Tax Increase Question

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

30,123 61.69%
No 18,704 38.31%
Precincts reporting: 100%
Election results are unofficial until certified. These results were last updated on February 10, 2021 at 11:13:05 AM Eastern Time.
Source

Text of measure

Ballot question

The ballot question was as follows:[1]

"

Shall the Governing Board of Scottsdale Unified School District No. 48 of Maricopa County, Arizona (the "District"), adopt a General Maintenance and Operation Budget that includes an amount that exceeds the revenue control limit specified by statute by 15% for fiscal year 2020/2021 and for six (6) subsequent years as described below? The fiscal year 2020/2021 budget override authority represents an extension of the existing budget override authority which is scheduled to phase down by one-third for fiscal year 2020/2021, by another one- third for fiscal year 2021/2022, and terminate effective fiscal year 2022/2023 if the voters do not approve the override.

The amount of the proposed continuation of the budget increase of the proposed budget over the alternate budget for fiscal year 2020/2021 is estimated to be $7,134,875. In fiscal years 2020/2021 through 2024/2025 the amount of the proposed increase will be 15% of the District's revenue control limit in each of such years, as provided in Section 15-481(P) of the Arizona Revised Statutes. In fiscal years 2025/2026 and 2026/2027, the amount of the proposed increase will be 10% and 5%, respectively, of the District's revenue control limit in each of such years, as provided in Section 15-481(P) of the Arizona Revised Statutes.

Any budget increase continuation authorized by this election shall be entirely funded by a levy of taxes on the taxable property in this school district for the year for which adopted and for six (6) subsequent years, shall not be realized from monies furnished by the state and shall not be subject to the limitation on taxes specified in Article IX, Section 18, Constitution of Arizona. Based on the current net assessed valuation used for secondary property tax purposes, to fund the proposed continuation of the increase in the school district's budget would require an estimated continuation of a tax rate of $0.38 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation used for secondary property tax purposes and is in addition to the school district's tax rate that will be levied to fund the school district's revenue control limit allowed by law.[2]

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Support

Supporters

  • Arizona State Senator Kate Brophy McGee (R)[3]
  • Arizona State Representative Kelli Butler (D)[3]
  • Arizona State Representative Aaron Lieberman (D)[3]

Arguments

  • Kate Gallego, mayor of Phoenix, said, "Renewing the school district's override does not increase the current property tax rate – and will provide funding to maintain small class sizes and support arts, music, world languages, technology, professional development for staff and keeping teacher pay competitive. It is vital to our communities that SUSD maintain the excellent programming giving students the opportunity to excel while retaining the very best educators."[3]

Opposition

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Background

Scottsdale Unified School District

See also Scottsdale Unified School District

At the time of the election, Scottsdale Unified School District served over 22,000 students across 28 campuses. In 2016, voters approved a $229 million bond for the school district.[4]

Budget override

See also: School bond and tax elections in Arizona

Arizona state law requires a budget override election to be called at least 90 days before the election when "a proposed budget of a school district exceeds the aggregate budget limit for the budget year." A budget override may apply to one fiscal year or consecutive fiscal years.[5]

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Arizona

This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing board of Scottsdale Unified School District No. 48.

See also

External links

  • Search Google News for this topic
  • Maricopa County Elections Office website

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Office of the Maricopa County School Superintendent, "Scottsdale Unified School District No. 48 Informational Pamphlet," accessed October 10, 2019
  2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Scottsdale Public Schools, "Informational Pamphlet," accessed October 22, 2019
  4. ↑ AZ Central, "Once-embattled Scottsdale school district sees wide support on funding vote," published October 17, 2019
  5. ↑ Arizona School Finance Law, "Statute 15-481," accessed October 22, 2019

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