Bellevue schools not planning on new levy

Published 1:53 pm Tuesday, July 6, 2010

The state Legislature earlier this year gave school districts the authority to ask voters for more local tax money, but Bellevue isn’t planning to put such a measure on the August or November ballot.

According to The Associated Press, the district isn’t considering the move because it is unsure how the voters might respond.

Bellevue voters OK’d two levies in February, an operational levy, which will collect $191 million over four years, and a $74 million capital levy, to be collected over five years. The capital levy will pay for technology improvements and capital-projects such as new computers, software licenses, teacher training, maintenance projects, sports-field renovations, and an upgrade to the former Ringdall Middle School, which houses students during remodeling projects at their native schools.