November 5, 2024 - Measure C

IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS BY COUNTY COUNSEL OF MEASURE C

BOLINAS-STINSON UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT
SPECIAL PARCEL TAX MEASURE

MEASURE C

This Measure was placed on the ballot by the Board of Trustees of the Bolinas-Stinson Union School District.

If this Measure is approved by two-thirds of the votes cast on this special tax proposal, Bolinas-Stinson Union School District will levy a parcel tax of $390 per year per assessor’s parcel for a period of five years beginning July 1, 2025, and expiring June 30, 2030. Beginning on July 1, 2026, the rate of the special tax shall be increased by three percent (3%) each year. The Bolinas-Stinson Union School District Board of Trustees estimates revenue from this Measure will be approximately $682,500 dollars for the first year of the parcel tax.

An exemption from this special tax may be granted on any parcel owned by one or more persons who are occupying said parcel as their principal place of residence and is 65 years of age or older.

The stated purposes for the funds raised by this special tax are to maintain present education programs for art, music, foreign language, and physical education, maintain class size and instructional materials, and provide for sufficient staff.

Pursuant to the California Constitution Article XIII B and applicable laws, the appropriations limit for the District will be adjusted periodically by the aggregate sum collected by levy of this qualified special tax.

s/BRIAN E. WASHINGTON
County Counsel

ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF MEASURE C

No argument in favor of Measure C was filed.

ARGUMENT AGAINST MEASURE C

No argument against Measure C was filed.

FULL TEXT OF MEASURE C

Bolinas-Stinson Union School District

Resolution # 11 2023-2024

RESOLUTION AND ORDER OF ELECTION IN THE MATTER OF A SPECIAL TAX ELECTION TO MAINTAIN AND EXPAND SCHOOL PROGRAMS

WHEREAS, the California State Legislature has failed to provide adequate and necessary funding for the continued operations of the schools of the Bolinas-Stinson Union Schools district and their instructional programs; and

WHEREAS, as a result of this lack of funding for the schools, Bolinas Stinson Union School District is in danger of eliminating study programs beneficial and necessary to the children who attend the schools of the district; and

WHEREAS, Section 4 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution and Government Code Sections 50075, 50076, 50077, 50079 and 53720 et seq. authorize school districts to levy a “Special Tax” to raise funds for the purpose of providing funds to run the schools of the district upon approval of two-thirds of the votes cast by voters voting upon such a special tax proposal;

WHEREAS, passage of a state Constitutional Amendment would allow local voters to decide to make investments in their neighborhood schools in addition to state funding;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Governing Board of the Bolinas-Stinson Union School District resolves to conduct a regular election on November 5, 2024, at which will be submitted to the qualified voters of the Bolinas-Stinson Union School District a measure to authorize a special tax for the purpose of continuing and expanding vital educational programs, critical to the educational process in the schools of the district;

BE IT RESOLVED, FURTHERMORE, BY THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE BOLINAS-STINSON UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Said election is hereby called to be held within the boundaries of the Bolinas-Stinson Union School District, at which elections shall be submitted to the qualified voters the following measure, to wit:

To provide competitive salaries, offer instructional programs including Visual and Performing Arts, support diverse learners, achieve educational goals, and fund school operations, shall Bolinas Stinson Union School District’s measure be adopted levying a $390.00 parcel tax, commencing July 1, 2025 for five years, with a 3% annual increase, and exemptions for persons 65 and older, with an estimated $682,500 generated annually from said assessment?

YES                             NO

The funds shall be used for;

District Programs: Maintain present education programs including Art, Music, Foreign Language, Physical Education and maintain reasonable class size.

Basic Instructional materials: maintain adequate per student allowance and update classroom texts to ensure adequate quantity and quality of texts.

Educational and instructional equipment and supplies: maintain current instructional equipment.

Operation and maintenance: maintain sufficient staff for efficient operation and adequate allowance for building and grounds maintenance.

Priorities for expenditures of funds the first and each successive year will be determined by the Governing Board with input from staff, parents and the community.

The special tax will be imposed in the amount of $390.00 with a 3% annual cost of living adjustment for each year after the date of commencement, and with an exemption for resident property owners who have attained the age of 65 on or before July 1 of any applicable year for each assessor’s parcel, and who apply to the District on or before July 1, 2025 or July 1 of any succeeding assessment year. Any one application from a qualified applicant will provide an exemption for the parcel for the remaining term of the assessment so long as such applicant continues to use the parcel as his or her principal residence.

Section 2. The text of the measure as displayed on each individual ballot shall be abbreviated and shall read as follows:

BOLINAS STINSON UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT

To provide competitive salaries, offer instructional programs including Visual and Performing Arts, support diverse learners, achieve educational goals, and fund school operations, shall Bolinas Stinson Union School District’s measure be adopted levying a $390.00 parcel tax, commencing July 1, 2025 for five years, with a 3% annual increase, and exemptions for persons 65 and older, with an estimated $682,500 generated annually from said assessment?

YES                             NO

Section 3. Commencing on July 1, 2025, the special tax specified above, shall be collected and administered in the same manner as ad valorem property taxes are fixed and collected under provisions of the California Revenue and Taxation Code.

Section 4. The Superintendent of Schools of Marin County is hereby requested to call a regular election of the said “special tax” to be held on November 5, 2024. The county Clerk is hereby requested and authorized to: 1) set forth on all sample ballots relating to said election to be mailed to the qualified electors of the Bolinas-Stinson Union School District said measure; and 2) provide absent voter ballots for said “special Tax” election for use by qualified electors of the Bolinas-Stinson Union schools District who are entitled thereto in the manner provided by law.

Section 5. If any section, sub-section, phrase or clause of this resolution is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this resolution. This governing board declares that it would have adopted this resolution and each section, sub-section, phrase or clause thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, sub-sections, sentences, phrases or clauses be declared invalid.

Section 6. The clerk of the Bolinas-Stinson Union School District Governing Board is hereby authorized and directed to certify to the due adoption of this resolution and to transmit a copy hereof so certified to the Superintendent of Schools of Marin County and to file a copy hereof so certified with the county Clerk of Marin County.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Bolinas-Stinson Union School District Board of Trustees at a meeting held on June 18, 2024 by the following vote:

AYES: 4
NOES: 0
ABSENT: 1 (Dar)
ABSTAIN: 0

s/NATHAN SIEDMAN
President of the Board