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(t) <br /> Roseville Area Schools <br /> Operating Levy Referendum • November 5, 2013 <br /> Fast Facts <br /> About Roseville Area Schools Proposed Operating Levy Referendum <br /> 1. Roseville Area Schools will hold an operating levy referendum on Tuesday,November 5, <br /> 2013, to generate funds needed to operate Roseville Area Schools. <br /> 2. Expiring June 30, 2014, the District's current operating levy generates $1,575 per resident <br /> student. <br /> 3. The Roseville Area School Board is asking citizens of District 623 to approve an eight-year <br /> operating levy for$1,505 per pupil that will increase annually by the rate of inflation. <br /> 4. Funds generated by the new operating levy will be used to maintain current programs and <br /> services and to continue the District's long-standing tradition of excellence. <br /> 5. It has been seven years (fall of 2006) since Roseville Area Schools has asked the public for <br /> additional operating levy revenue. <br /> 6. Roseville Area Schools' enrollment has increased by over 10.3% since the 2006 operating levy <br /> referendum. However, the amount of the operating levy revenue has not increased during that <br /> time. <br /> 7. Passage of the proposed referendum will not result in a school tax increase in 2015. For <br /> homes valued between $200,000 and $350,000, operating levy taxes payable in 2015 will be <br /> reduced by $1. <br /> 8. The Minnesota State Legislature passed the Location Equity provision allowing District 623 to <br /> receive an increase in operating revenue of$88 per pupil without an increase in the operating <br /> levy due in 2015. The proposed eight-year operating levy will increase funding by $655,000 <br /> in the General Fund for the 2014—2015 school year. <br /> 9. A public hearing on the proposed Roseville Area Schools' operating levy referendum will <br /> be held on October 23, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. in the Roseville Area High School Auditorium. <br /> Additional information concerning the proposed operating levy referendum is available on the <br /> Roseville Area Schools web page at www. http://www.isd623.org. <br /> 10. Voting for the Roseville Area Schools operating levy referendum will be held on Tuesday <br /> November 5, 2013. All regular polling places will be open from 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Voters <br /> should vote at their normal election polling location. Ramsey County's precinct finder can <br /> help you locate your polling place: www.co.ramsey.mn.us/elections/ <br /> continued V <br />