Measure 4 Could Lead to Closing Rural Schools & Job Losses

“It's over $1.3 billion per year that is lost in property taxes,” Seehafer said about the fiscal impact of Measure 4. “So, that takes away things like curriculum, services to our students, all those types of things that we need daily to work with. And it's also going to push away people from your community, because in a smaller rural district like I work in, there also could be the idea of consolidating districts because you don't have the resources and the money to do those types of things that we want to do every day with our students.”

[@JRS_AXSCS]

If only the State of North Dakota had some kind of fund that just sits in an account, earning enough money on interest alone to make up the budget difference. Oh wait, we do..and when you say, we need the money for...curriculum, services to our students, and "all those types of things, just what curriculum and "things" are we talking about. Me thinks it may be worth looking at exactly what we're paying for in our government schools...

[@GhostyMist]

Are you referring to the legacy fund?