More on the 11/7/2006 Madison Schools Referendum

Andy Hall:

The outcomes of previous ballot measures have varied.

Voters approved six of seven referendums offered from 1995 to 2003.

In May 2005, district voters approved a referendum exempting $29.2 million in maintenance and equipment expenses from state revenue limits through 2010.

Voters rejected two other measures, though, that would have exempted $7.4 million in operating costs from revenue limits and would have approved $14.5 million for renovations and a second school on the Leopold site.

The School Board then decided to press ahead with a scaled-down project at Leopold, paying for it -- at least for now -- out of the operating budget.

More on the referendum here. Meanwhile, Janesville has a $70M question for voters.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at October 31, 2006 6:38 AM
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