The Los Angeles Board of Education voted unanimously to place a parcel tax on the June 4 ballot in hopes of capitalizing on a recent teachers’ strike that attracted broad support for local schools.
Polling showed widespread sympathy for striking teachers like Westminster Elementary's Beth Clark. The school board hopes to capitalize by putting a tax measure on the ballot.
If approved by voters, the tax is projected to raise about $500 million a year, enough to close all or most of the gap between what the district is spending and the revenue it receives from state and federal sources.But to sell the tax to voters, the district likely will have to make the case that the money it provides will improve school conditions. An argument that the funds are needed just to maintain the status quo is less likely to be persuasive.
The parcel tax would stay in place for 12 years. It is typical for parcel taxes to have a termination date.
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