The Marion Center School Board meets tonight, and one of their agenda items has to do with the district’s budget.
The board will be asked to approve a motion stating that it will not raise taxes that exceed the Act 1 Index of 3.5 percent. It’s a common procedure to comply with the state law that requires school districts to either adopt the resolution – known as “taking the pledge” – or to make public a draft of a preliminary budget, which it is then required to adopt by the end of February. If the district decides not to take the pledge, it must submit by late March a ballot question seeking to raise taxes higher than the Index to be voted on in the Spring Primary election.
The Marion Center board will also consider a number of personnel items at tonight’s meeting.
Purchase Line’s school board meets tonight as well. They do not publish an agenda.
