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  • House votes to end need for 60% on school levies

    02/22/2005 4:50:45 AM PST · by Josef1235 · 18 replies · 840+ views
    The Seattle Times ^ | 22 February 2005 | Andrew Garber
    House votes to end need for 60% on school levies By Andrew Garber Seattle Times Olympia bureau OLYMPIA — The state House of Representatives yesterday passed legislation, for the third year in a row, that could make it easier for school districts to get property-tax levies approved by voters. The constitutional amendment now goes to the state Senate, where it has died in past years. It would allow school levies to be approved by a simple majority of voters instead of a 60 percent supermajority. The amendment would go before voters in November if approved by a two-thirds majority in...