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  • Move to end the 'tyranny of the minority' fails

    LEE HUGHES and SHANNEN TALBOT, Staff Reporters|Updated Apr 18, 2019

    Last month the state Senate defeated a bill that, if approved, would have placed a referendum on the November general election ballot asking voters to approve a constitutional amendment allowing a simple majority vote to pass local school district construction bonds levies. The failure of the state Senate to pass Joint Resolution 8201 compounds the ongoing and convoluted business of keeping schools operational for administrators. The state law that remains on the books requires a so-called “supermajority” of school dis...