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Recommended Action: <br /> With respect to short-term budget issues, the ad hoc committee recommends that: <br /> 1. The board and administration review existing operations and develop a plan for reduction of expenditures for <br /> the 2004-05 school year. <br /> 2. The board propose and place on ballot at the earliest possible election an additional operating levy to the fullest <br /> extent permitted by law, such levy to be for a short term (3-4 years). <br /> 3. The board propose and place on the ballot at the earliest possible time capital expenditure levies for $140,000 <br /> and $180,000, respectively, to upgrade curriculum materials and technology. <br /> 4. The board levy as soon as possible for health and safety issues to the fullest extent permitted by law without <br /> referendum to remediate health and safety issues. <br /> 5. The board and administration promptly commence a study and develop a plan for alternative educational <br /> delivery strategies to maintain and promote quality educational programs at reduced costs. <br /> 6. The board defer placing a bond levy referendum on the ballot until a strategy for educational program delivery <br /> and long-term operational funding has been formulated. <br /> School Board Action Regarding Revenue <br /> 1. To place a 7-year $180,000 per year technology levy on the November 4, 2003 ballot. <br /> 2. To place a 7-year $140,000 per year curriculum levy on the November 4, 2003, ballot. <br /> 3. To place a 4-year operating levy with inflation factor for up to $400/resident student on the November 4, 2003, <br /> ballot. This maximizes our operating levy under present legislation. <br /> 4. Conduct a study of long term viability of ISD 282. <br /> 5. Continue to work with legislators to capture operating levy revenue for open enrollment students. <br /> I <br />