Levy rollback is approved

At its regular meeting November 28, school superintendent Suellen White told the Odessa School Board she was recommending a rollback of the 2013 levy passed last February (and to be collected beginning in April of 2013). The original levy amount was $698,000. She recommended rolling back $48,000 of that figure. This will mean collecting $24,000 less during the spring budget cycle and $24,000 less next fall in the next budget cycle. The rollback was made possible because several of the threatened budget cuts to school funding did not materialize over the most recent legislative session.

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