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Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon
Public information officer: Joan Aschim, (541) 463-5591, aschimj@lanecc.edu
Contact: Jay Bozievich, chair, Lane Community College Board of Education, 953-6555
For release September 7, 2006
LCC refers local option levy to voters
EUGENE - The Lane Community College Board of Education has referred to the voters of the Lane Community College District a five-year local option instructional levy. The levy will be measure number 20-120. The LCC electoral district includes portions of Linn, Benton and Douglas Counties and most of Lane County.
If passed, Lane Community College would levy $1,366,372 annually for five years beginning July 1, 2007, for a total of $6,831,860 for tax years 2007/08 through 2011/12. This measure may cause property taxes to increase more than three percent. Passage requires a majority of votes cast, with no turnout requirement.
It is estimated that the proposed tax would result in a rate of 6 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value, or $9 a year in additional property taxes for a home whose assessed value is $150,000 in tax year 2007/08. The estimated tax cost for this measure is an estimate only based on the best information available from the county assessor at the time of the estimate.
Adoption of this levy would reduce additional budget impacts such as program eliminations and lay-offs necessitated by reductions in state funding. Funding from state sources has declined 20.3 percent, from $30.9 million in 2001/02, to $24.6 million in 2006/07. In the same time period, the cost of tuition to students has increased 83 percent, from $38 per credit hour for resident students in 2001/01, to $69.50 in 2006/07.
If Measure 20-120 passes, the college would use levy proceeds to support funding for instructional programs and services including certificates and degrees that prepare students for professional technical careers; lower division college classes that students may transfer for credit towards a higher degree; skillsbased classes that improve employee productivity; business development and management classes that assist owners of small businesses; and foundational academic, language and life skills classes that prepare students for collegelevel courses and/or entry into the workplace.
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