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MEASURE I
Dublin Unified School District
“Shall the measure to support quality education, provide local funding that cannot be taken by the State, maintain small class sizes, attract/retain quality teachers, and provide enhanced science, technology, engineering1visual and performing arts, reading, writing, and math programs, by renewing the expiring $96 school parcel tax, adding $48 per parcel, providing approximately $2,900,000 annually for nine years, with senior exemptions, annual inflation adjustments, independent oversight, and all funds locally controlled, be adopted?”
Vote Required: 2/3
Criteria:
1-Intent and structure of the tax (i.e. a % or rate for a sales or transfer tax, or a $ per parcel or square foot for a parcel tax).
2- Amount of tax generated per year and the duration of the tax.
3- Is this a Special or General tax? (The more specific it’s described, so that one can easily figure which it is, the more credit they get).
4- Where is the money specifically going? (particularly if a special tax).
5-Is there an existing or similar tax already in place? If so, that tax information should be included.
****** Extraneous language unrelated to the matter (-1 point )
SCORE: 3.2
Comments: The score was lowered from the maximum of five because of the failure to provide information on where the money was specifically going, and because of extraneous verbiage designed to influence a Yes vote such as “locally controlled”. School districts are largely all locally controlled. And “can’t be taken by the state.” The state is the principal funder of public schools and is unlikely to take away locally raised funds.core was lowered from the maximum of five because of the lack of clarity as to what the measure would accomplish and why the measure was needed. There is an implication that a new road, bike lanes and pedestrian access may occur, but no statement as to whether the city or a developer would pay for those improvements. There also is no explanation as to whether there would be financial impacts from the change, and what those impacts might cost. The title is misleading. From what is proposed the title should say: “Amend the existing open space initiative to allow 80 acres of open space land to be developed” since that is what is proposed.
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