Eleven school districts have petitioned the Muskegon Area Intermediate School District to seek the 1-mill property tax increase to pay for technology improvements.
The districts, which do not include the Muskegon Heights Public School Academy System, would share proceeds of the millage estimated to raise about $4 million per year.
The first step in getting the 10-year “enhancement millage” on a Sept. 24 ballot is collecting signatures of registered voters. At least 3,000 valid signatures need to be collected by July 2.
The MAISD was obligated to pursue the millage after the boards of education representing at least half of the 29,000 students in the county's traditional public school districts asked it to do so.
Under state law, only intermediate school districts can seek enhancement millages.
The MAISD was obligated to pursue the millage after the boards of education representing at least half of the 29,000 students in the county's traditional public school districts asked it to do so.
Under state law, only intermediate school districts can seek enhancement millages.
A phone survey conducted in February by a research group found that 68 percent of 400 registered voters in the county supported a 1-mill school technology enhancement millage.
......Software and support services cannot be paid with traditional school bonds sought by school districts, including those to pay for technology improvements.
.......Charter schools, including the Muskegon Heights Public School Academy System, would not benefit from the millage.
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