JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2 (WEST ADA) SCHOOL PLANT FACILITIES RESERVE FUND LEVY

Ballot Language:

JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2 (WEST ADA) SCHOOL PLANT FACILITIES RESERVE FUND LEVY:

Shall the Board of Trustees of Joint School District No. 2 (West Ada), Ada and Canyon Counties, State of Idaho (the “District”) be authorized and empowered, upon the affirmative vote of fifty-five percent (55%) of the electors of the District voting in the election, to levy a School Plant Facilities Reserve Fund Levy in the amount of up to Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) for Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2023, and continuing each year in the amount of up to Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) for ten (10) years through fiscal year ending June 30, 2033, for the purposes permitted by law for school plant facilities levies?

The following information is required by Section 34-914, Idaho Code: The estimated average annual cost to the taxpayer on the proposed levy is a tax of $89.45 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value, per year, based on current conditions.

Two Options for Voting:

IN FAVOR OF authorizing the levy in the amount of up to $50,000,000 per year for ten (10) years

AGAINST authorizing the levy in the amount of up to $50,000,000 per year for ten (10) years

WASD Website:

West Ada County School District 2023 Plant Facilities Levy (PFL) webpage from WASD: https://www.westada.org/page/pfl

VOTING HISTORIES ON PLANT LEVIES – SUPPLEMENTAL LEVIES AND BONDS

Voting History on The West Ada School District Plant Facility Levy (PFL) – 1982 to 2023 – 55% Approval Required – Failed Elections in Bold

03/2017 – $16,000,000 – 61.7%

05/2007 –  $20,000,000 – 62.3%

09/1998 – $7,500,000 – 82.9%

10/1990 – $3,000,000 – 69.9%

04/1982 – $2,000,000 – 84.2%

Voting History on The West Ada School District Supplemental Levy – 1985 to 2021 – Failed Elections in Bold

Here is a history of the votes on the West Ada School District No. 2 Supplemental Levies.

“Date, Amount Requested and Percentage of Votes in Favor (Supplemental levies require a 50 percent plus one vote to be approved):

11/2021 – $14,000,000 – 52.0%

8/25/2020 – $14,000,000 – 56.4%

06/02/2020 – $14,000,000 – 46.3%

The 2020 Supplemental Levy was rejected by voters on June 2, 2020 only to be approved by voters in another vote on August 25, 2020.

03/13/2018 – $14,000,000 – 68.8%

11/03/2015 – $14,000,000 – 59.33%

03/11/2014 – $14,000,000 – 60.15%

03/13/2012 – $14,000,000 – 53.69%

05/17/2011 – $18,500,000 – 43.3%

03/03/2009 – $10,000,000 – 73.87%

05/15/2007 – $10,000,000 – 61.56%

05/17/2005 – $5,000,000 – 80.56%

05/17/1988 – $401,377 – 54.71%

06/02/1987 – $892,500 – 48%

03/04/1986 – $892,500 – 51.44%

05/25/1985 – $771,000 – 56.9%

02/26/1985 – $850,000 – 59%

Voting History on The West Ada School District Bond Elections – 1982 to 2018 (66 2/3% Required to Pass)

03/2018 – $95,000,000 – 67.6%

03/2015 – $96,000,000 – 71.64%

03/11/2014 – $14,000,000 – 60.15%

08/2014 – $104,000,000 – 62.78%

09/2005 – $139,800,000 – 72.2%

09/2002 – $57,200,000 – 83.37%

09/2000 – $45,300,000 – 87.06%

09/1998 – $26,995,000 – 82.45%

05/1996 – $20,900,000 – 73.77%

09/1995 – $14,700,000 – 64.52%

03/1995 – $27,400,000 – 53.18%

09/1993 – $32,300,000 – 71.56%

12/1988 – $6,850,000 – 55%

05/1985 – $7,500,000 – 68.59%

10/1983 – $9,750,000 – 54.56%

11/1982 – $9,000,000 – 65.38%