Cheney School Board adopts general fund levy for 2016

At its Nov. 18 meeting, the Cheney School Board passed a resolution that sets the general fund special levy amount at $9.3 million for 2016, and the debt service fund levy at $5.3 million. The $9.3 million levy was approved by voters in February.

Kassidy Probert, the district’s executive director of finance, said the tax rate for the general fund levy will be $3.06 while the debt service fund levy will be $1.76.

In enrollment, Probert said the district is at 4,337 full-time equivalent students, 20 less than the October count. Probert said there was a similar drop in students last year.

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