As early voting begins, voters in Baxter and parts of Marion County will see a ballot measure asking voters to approve the current 32.16 millage rate for Mountain Home Public Schools.
Mountain Home Superintendent Allyson Dewey spoke with KTLO, Classic Hits and The Boot News on why voters are seeing the millage on the ballot.
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According to the Arkansas Constitution, if the measure fails, the millage rate will remain at the level last approved, which for Mountain Home was in 2023 at 32.16 mills.
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DEWEY: So this year we have had a lot of calls about our early voters have seen on the ballot that there is something about our school’s millage that’s actually there every year and we just want to make it very clear to our voters that this is not a new millage ask, this is something from the Constitution, Article 14, Section 3, that comes before the voters every year, even when you’re not making a change to your millage rate.
We think it’s probably on the minds of our voters because of our two votes. Recent ask for an increase to that millage. But at this time, we are not asking for an increase. This is just something that is done according to our Arkansas Constitution.
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