School leaders tout state tax relief that will make bonds, levies cheaper

The Nampa School District next month will ask voters to authorize a $33.6 million, two-year supplemental levy funding employee salaries, curriculum and technology. That’s what the ballot will say, anyway.

What the ballot won’t say is that the district would actually collect just $12 million from the levy — a little more than one-third of the listing price. The other 64% would be covered by the School District Facilities Fund, a tax relief endowment created by House Bill 292 that gives public schools state money every year to offset locally supported school bonds and levies.