Washington Elementary School District, Arizona, Override Legal School District Budget Limit Measure is on the November 3, 2026 ballot in Washington Elementary District.
What it does
Allow the district to continue overriding its maintenance and operations budget and renew the existing property tax rates that fund the override
On your ballot
Shall the Governing Board of Washington Elementary School District No. 6 of Maricopa County, Arizona (the “District”), adopt a General Maintenance and Operation Budget that includes an amount that exceeds the revenue control limit specified by statute by 15% for fiscal year 2027/2028 and for six (6) subsequent years as described below? The fiscal year 2027/2028 budget override authority represents an extension of the existing budget override authority which is scheduled to phase down by one-third for fiscal year 2028/2029, by another one-third for fiscal year 2029/2030, and will terminate for fiscal year 2030/2031 if the voters do not approve the override.
The amount of the proposed continuation of the budget increase of the proposed budget over the alternate budget for fiscal year 2027/2028 is estimated to be $-0-. In fiscal years 2027/2028 through 2031/2032 the amount of the proposed increase will be 15% of the District’s revenue control limit in each of such years, as provided in Section 15-481(P) of the Arizona Revised Statutes. In fiscal years 2032/2033 and 2033/2034, the amount of the proposed increase will be 10% and 5%, respectively, of the District’s revenue control limit in each of such years, as provided in Section 15-481(P) of the Arizona Revised Statutes.
Any budget increase continuation authorized by this election shall be entirely funded by a levy of taxes on the taxable property in this school district for the year for which adopted and for six (6) subsequent years, shall not be realized from monies furnished by the state and shall not be subject to the limitation on taxes specified in Article IX, Section 18, Constitution of Arizona. Based on the current net assessed valuation used for secondary property tax purposes, to fund the proposed continuation of the increase in the school district’s budget would require an estimated continuation of a tax rate of $1.19 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation used for secondary property tax purposes and is in addition to the school district’s tax rate that will be levied to fund the school district’s revenue control limit allowed by law.
What a yes vote means
A "yes" vote supports allowing the district to continue overriding its maintenance and operations budget—by 15% for five years, by 10% for a sixth year, and by 5% for a seventh year—and renewing the existing property tax rates that fund the override.
