Question 1 - Election to Authorize Additional Levy

Special election to authorize additional levies (the "Excess Levy") for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2028, July 1, 2029, July 1, 2030, July 1, 2031, and July 1, 2032 in the approximate average amount of $52,018,500 annually for the purpose of the payment of the general current expenses of The Board of Education of the County of Marshall (the "Board"), including for the purposes hereinafter set forth; all according to the Order of the Board entered on the 14th day of July, 2026, and as more particularly described below. The purposes for which additional funds are needed during the term of this five year levy, and the approximate average annual amount for such purposes after due allowances for discounts, delinquencies, exonerations, uncollected taxes and shrinkage, subject to variation from year to year as set forth herein, are as follows: PURPOSE FOR WHICH ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARE NEEDED & ANNUAL AMOUNT FOR EACH PURPOSE A. To provide funding for the Project Lead The Way/ STEM / Robotics curriculum grades K-12, including, without limitation, teacher positions and coaching positions. $250,000 B. To provide funding for counselors, including, without limitation, fringe benefits across the county beyond the State funding formula. $400,000 C. To provide funding for nurses, including, without limitation, fringe benefits throughout the county beyond the State funding formula. $400,000 D. To provide funding for Social Worker services to students, including, without limitation, Community in Schools, up to three Social Workers and Independent Therapy Services not funded through the State. $500,000 E. To provide funding for up to five Resource Officers at the High Schools and Middle Schools and up to three Elementary security officers through the Marshall County Sheriff's Office. These services may be utilized in both our schools and for sporting event security. $800,000 F. To provide funding for intervention specialists, including, without limitation, fringe benefits across the county elementary schools and up to five Reading Specialists/lnterventionalists. $500,000 G. To provide funding for Community Activity Passes for Marshall County Schools events. $150,000 H. To provide funding for summer school for remediation, enrichment and CTE camp, including, without limitation, personnel and supplies. $200,000 I. To provide funding for Grand Vue Leadership Camp Scholarships for Marshall County Students. $200,000 J. To provide funding for Back to School Fair and Parent Education Resource Center. $60,000 K. To provide funding for free breakfast, lunch, and summer feeding to students in the County. $500,000 L. To provide funding for vehicle maintenance, fuel and/or bus replacements. $1,500,000 M. To provide funding to library services through the "Moundsville-Marshall County Public Library" (Public/County Libraries of Benwood, Cameron and Moundsville). $250,000 N. To provide funding to the Marshall County 4-H through the WVU Extension Service. $75,000 0. To provide funding to the Marshall County Health Department for county-wide health services. $100,000 P. To provide funding to create and sustain a School-Based Health Clinic for Marshall County Students and Employees. $250,000 Q. To provide funding for contracts across the County for the Pre-Kindergarten Program. $300,000 R. To provide funding for various renovations, capital improvements and/or new construction projects throughout the County. $21,520,335 S. To provide funding for school safety and security upgrades, including, without limitation, security cameras. $20,000 T. To provide funding for improved access to technology throughout the County, including, without limitation, the purchase of hardware, software, infrastructure, repairs, training, and/or tech support personnel. $1,500,000 U. To provide funding for the maintenance and repair of equipment and buildings throughout the County, including, without limitation, extended employment for summer maintenance. $3,000,000 V. To provide funding for supplemental special education services for certain identified students beyond the State funding formula. $500,000 W. To provide funding portions of employee salaries and benefits, including, without limitation, the local county salary supplements, fixed charges, dental and optical plans, stipends, and/or Medical Benefit Cards expenses. $16,018,165 X. To provide funding for vocational supplies, equipment and personnel, including, without limitation, up to twenty-four teachers that are employed in the County but are not funded through the State formula. $500,000 Y. To provide funding for music, band and/or strings equipment. $125,000 Z. To provide funding for the purchase of instructional equipment, teaching supplies, textbooks, and/or library books. $1,500,000 AA. To provide funding for extended day learning, including, without limitation, personnel and supplies. $200,000 BB. To provide funding for extra duty salary supplements for curricular positions and athletic coaches. $700,000 TOTAL: $52,018,500 As noted above, the amounts set forth above are the average annual amounts for each purpose. The actual amounts for each purpose likely will vary from one fiscal year to the next. If any item in the above-stated purposes is declared unconstitutional or invalid due to judicial or legislative action, then any affected funds will be distributed among the remaining constitutional and valid itemized purposes. The actual amounts budgeted, as well as the amounts spent, for each purpose and in aggregate, likely will vary from one fiscal year to the next depending on the realized tax collections and the needs of the Marshall County School District, as determined by the Board with respect to each fiscal year. If the amounts budgeted by the Board for a specific purpose or purposes for a fiscal year are not able to be spent entirely in such fiscal year, then the unspent amount may be carried over and spent on such specific purpose or purposes in subsequent fiscal years. If additional State, Federal, private or other special funds become available to provide funding for any of the above-stated purposes, or if surplus funds are generated due to increased assessed valuations, then in either case the Board shall be authorized and empowered to expend at the end of each fiscal year, during the term of the levies, the surplus (if any) in excess of the amount needed for any of the above-stated purposes for the enrichment, supplementation and advancement of all educational programs in Marshall County, and other purposes pertinent to the operation of Marshall County Schools, in the discretion of the Board. Such additional or surplus funds may be used either in substitution for or in addition to the funds obtained from the Excess Levy. In the event that the actual amount collected is less than the approximate annual amounts allocated for the above-stated purposes for any one or more fiscal years (including, without limitation, as a result of any amendments to the West Virginia Constitution or changes the Code of West Virginia impacting property taxes, levy rates or similar matters), the Board is hereby authorized and empowered to determine in its discretion (i) which one or more of the above-stated purposes shall be reduced for each such fiscal year, and (ii) the amount of each such reduction for such fiscal year; provided, however, that the total of all such reductions shall not exceed the amount of such collection shortfall each year. In the event that a specific library or school facility that is named in the above-stated purposes closes or otherwise ceases operation, the Board, in its sole discretion, may reallocate funds that were originally allocated to those specific library or school facilities to any of the other above-stated purposes. The Board will not issue bonds in connection with the approval of the proposed Excess Levy. The Board reserves unto itself as the levying body the right and authority to reduce the rates of the excess levy, in its sole discretion, if increased assessments would produce funds beyond projected needs in any fiscal year specified in the levy call. The additional levies, in cents per $100 of assessed value on each class of property, shall be on Class I property 20.66 cents; on Class II property 41.32 cents; on Class III property 82.64 cents; and on Class IV property 82.64 cents. That the proposed years to which the additional rate of levies shall apply are the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2028, July 1, 2029, July 1, 2030, July 1, 2031, and July 1, 2032.