Student Perspective: Measure 4 could impact North Dakota schools
Teija Hokenson
Alexander Public School
Editor’s Note: The Farmer wishes to support to our young students interested in Journalism. Below is Alexander Public School’s Teija Hokenson’s perspective on North Dakota Measure 4.
Every two years, November is a flurry of action with Election Day. This year, there are several new measures proposed in North Dakota as amendments to the state constitution. While each of these measures has its own set of benefits and challenges, Measure 4 stands out as the one that will affect schools the most.
Measure 4 directly states: “This initiated measure would amend sections 1, 14, 15, and 16, and repeal sections 4, 5, 7, 9 and 10, of Article X of the North Dakota Constitution. It would prohibit political subdivisions from beyond the two-and-one-half percent limit, and a school district by a majority vote, could increase the indebtedness of the school district two-and-one-half percent beyond the two-and-one-half percent limit
It would allow an incorporated city, without regard to the existing indebtedness of the city, to become indebted in an amount not exceeding two percent of its full and true value for water and sewer projects.
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