Cd'A School District trustees approve $1.2M emergency levy

COEUR d'ALENE - On Friday afternoon, the Coeur d'Alene School District announced that its board of trustees unanimously approved a one-time emergency levy of $1,202,413.

The levy, according to a press release, was prompted by an increase of 261 students in the district this year - a number calculated through the average daily attendance of the first three days of school.

"More students have shown up to attend our public schools," Trustee Tom Hearn said in the release. "I'll keep beating the drum that we lack adequate state funding to support our kids so we must rely on local funding and do what is necessary to meet the needs of our students."

The release adds that, in accordance with state statute, school districts that see an increase over the previous year's attendance can authorize an emergency levy without voter approval to meet the demands of a growing student population.

"The emergency levy rate may cost taxpayers 14.84 cents per $1,000 of taxable property," the release states. "For a taxable value of a $200,000 home, the annual projected cost could be a one-year $12.39 increase over last year's emergency levy costs."