April 29, 2020
Board members unanimously approved a resolution to place the renewal of the Pinellas County Schools Referendum on the Nov. 3 ballot.
The Referendum is a half-mill property tax that helps the district recruit and retain quality teachers, strengthen reading, music and art programs, and provide current textbooks and technology.
Eighty percent of the Referendum revenue supplements teacher salaries.This school year, each teacher receives a salary supplement of $4,724 as part of their base salary.
Pinellas County voters originally approved the property tax in 2004. Since then, voters have renewed the Referendum three times by large margins. An independent committee meets regularly to oversee the distribution of funds and ensure that money is spent as voters intended.
See some of the many ways that the Referendum has strengthened reading programs, invigorated visual and performing arts programs and provided students with current technology at www.pcsb.org/referendum.
The resolution approved Tuesday asks Pinellas County Commissioners to place the measure on the Nov. 3 general election ballot.
