The Corvallis School Board has voted to send a local option levy renewal to the November ballot.
In 2006, voters first approved the current local option levy, at a rate of $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed property value. Local option levies can only run for up to five years at a time, and the current version will expire next June. According to the district, the levy covered about 10% of the district’s operating budget last school year.
Corvallis Superintendent Ryan Noss said the levy supports additional programs in the district, including STEM extracurriculars, arts, counseling services and the people who staff those programs…