MIDDLETON, Idaho — Middleton School District voters rejected the $3 million supplemental levy, with roughly 52% against and 48% in favor.
The two-year levy would have provided $1.5 million annually to support school security, curriculum and transportation services.
The proposal would have cost taxpayers an estimated $30 per year for every $100,000 of taxable assessed property value.
District leaders said the funding would help restore services cut after voters narrowly rejected a larger $1.9 million levy request in May.
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Those services include armed security guards at elementary schools, an additional school resource officer, curriculum materials and transportation for some athletic events.
Superintendent Marc Gee previously told Idaho News 6 that the district reduced staffing and services following the May election and that the new proposal was designed to address some of those losses at a lower cost.
The levy required a simple majority — more than 50% of votes cast — to pass.
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