FREEMAN — An April 23 special election for the Freeman School District has apparently failed.
As of counting Thursday, April 25, the Proposition No. 1 only had support of 43.30% of voters casting ballots.
The unofficial tally at press time was 747 votes in favor of the measure and 977, or 56.64%, opposed.
The School District had been seeking voter approval of a three-year excess tax levy that would have started this year.
Of the six voting precincts in the district, only voters in Precinct No. 9044 were supporting the levy.
Had it passed, the district had projected it would have collected $1.606 million this year, $1.687 million in 2025 and $1.771 million in 2026. The money would have been earmarked for “safety, security, technology and infrastructure improvements.”
Those improvements would have included upgraded security cameras, school door security systems, modernizing computers, as well as making “other safety, security, technology and infrastructure improvements to school facilities, all as determined necessary and advisable by the board.”
The measure would have replaced an expiring tax levy.
Late-arriving ballots have yet to be counted, and the official results of the election are scheduled to be certified May 3.
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