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The current levies, which voters approved in 2014 will expire in 2018. The replacement levies will provide funding for schools through 2022. These levies must be approved every four years. These are not new taxes. Replacement Educational Programs & Operations Levy helps fund the following: School safety and security; student transportation; Early learning and Special Education programs (that are already underfunded); Professional learning; Substitute personnel; supplies and materials; extracurricular activities and athletics; Community Education programs and pool operations. Replacement Capital Technoligy Levy will provide funding for Classroom technology to maintain 1:1 devices for students in grades 2-12; replacement of classroom technology; professional learning; technical support; infrastructure upgrades, including network, bandwidth and phones and innovative technology. Changes to School Levy Funding was approved by the Washington State Legislature in July 2017 when they made a decision to increase the amount of funding the state provides to schools and to reduce the amount of local taxes school districts can request and collect. This property tax shift changes how school districts receiving funding but does not change why local levies are needed. Although the Legislature provided a step in the right direction, the Superintendent commented that it is still a work in progress. Andrea Wright, the mother of a four students in the District, was on the program promoting passage of the two levies to maintain the quality of education that Lake Stevens is noted for by parents, teachers and new residents. People move to Lake Stevens because of the quality of education their children receive.
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