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Referendum Math: Decoding Indiana’s Insane Ballot Language
If you’re a Hoosier voter with a school referendum on the ballot this year, you’re going to see a wildly inaccurate question when you go to vote. Its language was written by our General Assembly. To the best of my knowledge, our lawmakers all have at least a high school diploma, but you wouldn’t know it by their math. Let’s take a look at just how bad it is. How much did Netflix increase their pricing? Earlier this year, Netflix raised the rate of their standard subscriptio


Why CCS is Asking to Increase Its Referendum Rate
The Super Simple Explanation The property taxes we pay are based on adjusted property value, not actual property value. Last year’s Senate Enrolled Act 1 (SEA) drastically changed how property values are adjusted. For family owning a $500,000 home, their contribution to the referendum would drop from $678 in 2025 to $400 in 2031. So for CCS to collect the same amount of money that voters had already overwhelmingly approved, it has to raise the rate. It’s that simple. Here


Some Thoughts on the Upcoming CCS Referendum
Thanks to the Indiana General Assembly gutting funding for public schools in the 2025 legislative session, it’s a referendum year for a lot of school corporations. Carmel’s one of them. It was already time to renew the CCS Safety Referendum, but with the shortfalls created by SEA1, the district has decided to pursue combining the existing Safety and Operating referenda into one new, larger Operating referendum. We’re not alone. This is a common story for school districts


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Referendum Math: Decoding Indiana’s Insane Ballot Language
If you’re a Hoosier voter with a school referendum on the ballot this year, you’re going to see a wildly inaccurate question when you go to vote. Its language was written by our General Assembly. To the best of my knowledge, our lawmakers all have at least a high school diploma, but you wouldn’t know it by their math. Let’s take a look at just how bad it is. How much did Netflix increase their pricing? Earlier this year, Netflix raised the rate of their standard subscriptio


Why CCS is Asking to Increase Its Referendum Rate
The Super Simple Explanation The property taxes we pay are based on adjusted property value, not actual property value. Last year’s Senate Enrolled Act 1 (SEA) drastically changed how property values are adjusted. For family owning a $500,000 home, their contribution to the referendum would drop from $678 in 2025 to $400 in 2031. So for CCS to collect the same amount of money that voters had already overwhelmingly approved, it has to raise the rate. It’s that simple. Here


Some Thoughts on the Upcoming CCS Referendum
Thanks to the Indiana General Assembly gutting funding for public schools in the 2025 legislative session, it’s a referendum year for a lot of school corporations. Carmel’s one of them. It was already time to renew the CCS Safety Referendum, but with the shortfalls created by SEA1, the district has decided to pursue combining the existing Safety and Operating referenda into one new, larger Operating referendum. We’re not alone. This is a common story for school districts
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