Question 1 - E-SPLOST

Shall the special 1% sales and use tax for education currently in effect in Dodge County be continued for a period of time not to exceed 20 calendar quarters and for the raising of not more than $22,000,000 for the purpose of (i) adding to, remodeling, renovating, modifying, furnishing, and equipping school buildings, classrooms, instructional and support space, and other facilities (including physical education/athletic facilities) at existing school district facilities; (ii) acquiring furnishings, equipment, and fixtures for new and existing facilities district-wide including, but not limited to, technology equipment, safety and security equipment, signage, band instruments, and other furnishings; (iii) acquiring, constructing, and equipping new school facilities and other buildings and facilities useful and desirable thereto including, but not limited to, a new school wing or a new school facility; (iv) acquiring and/or improving land for school district facilities; (v) acquiring books, digital resources, and other media for the school district; (vi) purchasing school buses or other vehicles; (vii) demolishing existing school facilities within the School District; and (viii) paying expenses incident to accomplishing the foregoing? All qualified voters desiring to vote in favor of continuing the special 1% sales and use tax for education (the Sales Tax for Education) shall vote Yes and all qualified voters opposed to levying the Sales Tax for Education shall vote No If more than one-half of the votes cast are in favor of continuing the Sales Tax for Education then the Sales Tax for Education shall be continued beginning April 1, 2027, or the first day of the calendar quarter immediately following the quarter in which the Sales Tax for Education now in effect is terminated. The maximum period of time for which the Sales Tax for Education shall be re-imposed shall be twenty consecutive calendar quarters.