Local Levy Dollars Are Essential to Our Students' Educational Success.

      >>>>>>More information is available on the levy webpage.

UPDATE: We noticed a mistake on our flyer mailed to homes.  In the first paragraph under "Is This a New Tax?", we mention the tax rate being "per $100,000 value of their property." That is incorrect.  Levy rates are always based on the value of the property in $1,000 increments.  We apologize for this error.  The examples provided of costs based on home values are correct.  See the correction on the flyer.

On Tuesday, February 9, voters will be asked to vote on Lyle School District’s measure to continue local enrichment levy support for district operations.

This is a replacement enrichment levy, not a new tax. If voters approve the measure, the district will collect no more than $700,000 in 2022 and again in 2023. This is the same amount approved by voters in 2019 for 2020 and 2021. At that time, the district promised that collections would not exceed $700,000 each year, and likely would be less.  Currently, it’s estimated the district will collect slightly over $632,000 in the current year.

If the replacement levy is approved this February, property owners will pay an estimated $1.64 per $1,000 value in 2022 and $1.59 in 2023. 

Historically, the district’s property owners have paid a significantly higher tax rate. For example, in the 2015-2016 school year, property owners in the district paid $3.50 per thousand.

The tax rate remains at an historic low.

Based on projected property valuations, property owners will pay approximately $1.64 per $100,000 value of their property in 2022 and $1.59 in 2023. In the past decade, the district's property owners have paid a significantly higher tax rate. The projected tax rates are less than half what property owners paid in 2014 and 2015.

What will the proposed levy cost the average property owner?

• Taxes collected in 2022 on property valued at $325,000 at an estimated total tax rate of $1.64 will equal $44.41 per month, or $10.25 a week.
• In 2023, when the tax rate will be $1.50 per thousand, property valued at $350,000 will generate a tax bill of $46.38 a month or $11.60 a week for the owner.

Want to calculate what the levy will cost you? 

Go to this page for instructions on calculating for your costs.

Note that the actual tax rate may be slightly different, depending on property valuations and additional changes to the state's school funding laws, but by law, the district's total local tax collection cannot be more than $700,000 community-wide for each of the two years, and is likely to be less.

What do levy dollars pay for?

• Local levy funds are used to pay the salaries and benefits of learning support staff, the para-educators who provide invaluable support for our students and teachers in the classroom.
• The levy pays the bus driver costs over and above daily to and from school runs, like those for extracurricular sports and other after-school activities.
• It pays the salaries and benefits of a part-time school nurse, a school counselor, a part-time tech support staff person, office support staff, nutrition services and maintenance staff, all of whom contribute to helping our students succeed and keeping our school running smoothly.  
• Levy dollars are used to pay for technology costs state funding doesn’t cover, student breakfast and lunch costs, and utility costs not covered by the state.
• It provides essential local support for programs that motivate many of our students to stay in school and work hard, like athletics and career and technical education (previously called vocational education).

More information is available on the levy webpage. Questions? Don’t hesitate to call the district office at 509-365-2191.