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News staff writer
October 14, 2006
At its Wednesday night meeting, the Hood River County School
District board of directors decided to take a position against
Ballot Measure 48: State Spending Limit, and Ballot Measure 41:
Federal Reduction.
Regarding Measure 48, the board said that the estimated
potential cost to HRCSD would be $3.5 million for the current
2005-07 budget and an estimated $3.1 to $7.1 million in the
2007-09 budget; and that the state of Colorado, which adopted a
population-plus-inflation limit in 1992, has experienced many
problems leading to voter suspension of the measure in 2005.
The board estimated that the adoption of Measure 41 would result
in an estimated $534,000 reduction to the HRCSD for the current
biennium and an estimated $2.8 million reduction — the
equivalent of 20 teaching positions — in the 2007-09 biennium.
For more information on the board’s reasons for opposing these
measures visit www.hoodriver.k12.or.us where HRCSD Resolutions
06-07/06 and 06-07/08 will soon be posted. |
