Dysart Override Fact Sheet
Election March 9, 2010
Failure of the Dysart override renewal last November resulted in the district losing $15.5 - $16 million to its budget, money that supports fine arts programs (art, music, band, PE), maintains smaller class sizes and impacts teacher salaries. The November override failure means:
· Eliminating or reducing K-12 band programs at each school
· Eliminating or reducing art classes at each school
· Eliminating or reducing music classes and choirs at each school
· Eliminating or reducing PE classes at each school
· Raising class sizes by 4 – 8 students per classroom at each school
· Potentially eliminating all day kindergarten
· Eliminating Dysart’s K-3 reading program
The Dysart School District, as a result of the November election, must begin to remove $15.5 – 16 million from its budget. Due to the override failure, the programs that the override supported must be impacted.
However, the Dysart Governing Board has called for a March 9 override election. If the March 9 override election is successful, the override cuts listed above will not occur.
· Passing the override will not raise taxes; only continue what is in place.
· The average cost to an owner of a home with full cash value of $100,000 would be approximately $122 per year
· The tax rates for residents from the Dysart District have declined for the last four years.