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Troy school levy passes this time, but Wendell, Kamiah voters turn down school measures

The financially troubled Troy School District is breathing a sigh of relief, after a $995,000, one-year supplemental levy passed with 73 percent of the vote on Tuesday. That will allow the district to restore cuts amounting to a third of its budget, imposed after two previous levy votes failed, including cutting athletics, all-day kindergarten, and numerous teachers. Idaho Education News has a full report here.

Elsewhere in the state, Mountain Home voters passed a five-year, $5 million plant facilities levy with 74 percent of voters in favor; it’ll cover electrical upgrades and repairs including a $1.5 million middle school roof repair job. Middleton voters approved a two-year, $2.62 million supplemental levy with 71 percent support, EdNews reported.

In Wendell, both a 10-year, $2.5 million plant facilities levy and a $1.6 million bond issue fell short of the needed two-thirds supermajority, garnering 58 percent support from voters but failing. It was the fourth time voters there rejected a bond. And in Kamiah, voters rejected a $325,000 levy with only 39 percent backing it; a levy vote there also failed in May.



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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