The Medford K-8 school district has released a letter to voters regarding a few things that might be confusing this April 27.
If you’ve seen electronic signs around town telling you about a special referendum question being placed on the ballot, those signs were put up by the municipality and not the school district, officials said.
“A newly enacted state law imposed a two percent cap on all school and municipal budgets for increasing local property taxes,” the letter says. “That legislation included a provision that mandated local municipal governments who needed to increase taxes above the two percent cap, to request voter approval to do so. This represents for the first time a voter approval requirement on municipal budgets that exceed their cap.”
The school district also reminds voters that the referendum question is separate from votes to approve or deny local and regional school tax levies and fill vacant seats on both Board of educations.
“Please be aware that the municipal government budget question is completely separate and apart from the school’s budget question,” the letter says. “The Medford Township school budget complies with the two percent state mandate and IS NOT requesting any tax increase above the state mandated cap.”
