Brought to you by Election Magic 2004 School Election - 06/14/2004

Proposal Text

Proposal 1 -- Operating Millage Proposal Exempting Principal Residence and Qualified Agricultural Property

Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property, exempting therefrom principal residence and qualified agricultural property as defined by law, in Galesburg-Augusta Community Schools, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, be increased by 18 mills ($18.00 on each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) for a period of 2 years, 2004 and 2005, to provide funds for operating purposes (17.7685 mills of the above is a renewal of millage which expired with the 2003 tax levy and .2315 mill is a restoration of millage lost as a result of the reduction required by the State Constitution of 1963); the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2004 is approximately $1,758,432?

Proposal 1 -- Operating Millage proposal Exempting Principal Residence and Qualified Agricultural Property

Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property, exempting therefrom principal residence and qualified agricultural property as defined by law, in Gull Lake Community Schools, Kalamazoo, Barry and Calhoun Counties, Michigan, be increased by 1.50 mills ($1.50 on each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) for a period of 3 years, 2004, 2005 and 2006, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and and levied in 2004 is approximately $210,000 (this millage will be levied only to the extent necessary to restore the

K-RESA PROPOSAL -- Area Vocational - Technical Education Proposal

Shall Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency, Michigan, come under sections 681 to 690 of the school code of 1976 and establish an area vocational - technical education program, which is designed to encourage the operation of area vocational - technical education programs, if the annual property tax levied for this purpose is limited to 1 mill ($1.00 on each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation), without limitation as to number of years, commencing in 2004; the estimate of the revenue the intermediate school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2004 is approximately $6,000,000 from local property taxes authorized herein?