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Levy
Fast Facts
- The
Educational Programs & Operations Levy, at $338 million,
represents 23 percent of the District's annual fund budget.
- The capital
levy, at $178 million, pays for nearly 700 projects, improving
every school in the District.
- Seattle has
one of the lowest levy rates in the region. Of 10 local school
districts in the Puget Sound area, Seattle has the third lowest
levy rate ($2.39 per $1,000 of Assessed Value in 2003).
- The tax rate
for Seattle school levies will remain at or below current levels.
It will decline from $2.39 per $1,000 of Assessed Value in 2003 to
$2.12 per $1,000 of Assessed Value in 2007. (Assumes assessed value
grows at six percent from 2004-2007).
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