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Sauk Rapids-Rice Superintendent Makes Pitch for Operating Levy [AUDIO]
SAUK RAPIDS - Sauk Rapids-Rice residents have an operating levy question on their ballot again this year. It will ask for $1.7 million a year for six years.
Voters defeated two questions last year.
Superintendent Dan Bittman says they're going back to the voters again, because they've already made a lot of cuts to their budget.
Bittman says more cuts will be necessary, if the levy fails again this year.
Bittman says the Sauk Rapids-Rice school district is 334 out of 338 school districts in the state, in terms of funding. They are one of just a handful of districts without an operating levy.
If the question passes next week, it would pay for transportation for students who live in the district. Right now families are paying $200 a child to ride the bus.
If it passes, a $125,000 home would see a property tax increase of about $100 a year.
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