The Denver school tax question says $44 million. The measure says something larger.
By Shaina Cole | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice
The question Denver voters will mark this November asks whether to raise Denver Public Schools taxes "up to $44 million." That is the number on the ballot, the number in the district's public materials, and the figure repeated in news coverage of the measure.
The $44 million is not a fixed cap on what the tax could raise in the years after.
Read the board's resolution, adopted Aug. 13, along with the ballot question it certified, and the $44 million turns out to be an estimate for the first year.
What voters would also authorize is a permanent change to the ceiling on how much the district can collect through its operational overrides — a ceiling written as a share of the district's total program funding, not ...