Across Minnesota, most school districts depend on local operating levies to help fund student services and educational programs. We are grateful for our communities’ support of our current operating levy, which was approved in 2015 and is set to expire in 2026. To maintain our staff, educational programs, and services, the GHEC School Board is asking residents to consider renewing that operating levy for 10 years. If approved, those dollars would support our district’s operating budget or day-to-day-functions such as staff salaries, supplies, program costs, utilities, and routine maintenance.

If approved, Question Two would reduce the current authority by $200 per student and still maintain our current staff, educational programs and other services. If not approved, the school board will use its one time authority to continue the current levy for the next ten years. The school board is providing the opportunity for district residents to approve a lessor tax threshold.