COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) .- The Coldwater Community Schools Board of Education approved the November 2019 ballot language Monday night for the building and site sinking fund millage request that would replace the current millage which expires in December 2020.
Superintendent Terry Boguth said although it’s a renewal of the current annual millage of .9740 mills, they have to call it a new millage, thanks to a change in state law.
She said a 2016 law expanded the use of what a sinking fund can be used for. The law now allows the use of sinking fund dollars for instructional technology and security.
The millage proposal on the ballot in November would not take effect until the old millage expires. Sinking funds can only be used by school districts for building repairs and major maintenance expenses.
The Coldwater school district has had the sinking fund millage for 20 years.
