Question 2 - Sales and Use Tax for Educational Purposes

Shall a one percent sales and use tax for educational purposes be imposed in Laurens County for a period of time not to exceed 20 calendar quarters and for the raising of not more than [$95,000,000], (1) up to approximately [$68,894,000] (72.52%) of which shall be received by Laurens County School District for the purposes of (a) the retirement of previously incurred general obligation debt in the maximum of $9,925,000, (b) to pay the costs of acquiring, constructing, and equipping a new East Laurens Elementary School, a new athletic complex for East Laurens Middle School, and a new multipurpose athletic building for West Laurens High School, and (c) acquiring, renovating and improving existing schools within the system; constructing and renovating administrative and maintenance facilities; purchasing and equipping school buses and other vehicles; purchasing instructional equipment and materials, including textbooks and e-books; upgrading system wide technology and security equipment; renovating, constructing, and improving athletic facilities; and acquiring real and personal property necessary or to be used for the foregoing purposes and all other general purposes related to such capital outlay projects; and (2) up to approximately [$26,106,000] (27.48%) of which shall be received by the Dublin School District for the purposes of (a) to pay the costs of acquiring, constructing, and equipping a new Elementary School; construction, additions, renovations, refurbishment, repairs and improvements to existing school buildings and facilities within the system; (b) acquisition of real and personal property; (c) acquiring, constructing, and equipping a multipurpose athletic facility and improving athletic facilities; (d) acquisition of transportation systems and school vehicles, equipping and maintenance of school vehicles including but not limited to, school buses and transportation vehicles; (e) acquisition of technology equipment, infrastructure, solutions and systems; acquisition of safety and security infrastructure, solutions, and systems, (f) parking and traffic flow renovations, additions and improvements; (g) acquisition of band instruments; purchase of instructional materials, textbooks, digital resources; and (h) acquisition, implementation, renovation, and maintenance of communication systems, disaster recovery systems, fire protection systems, HVAC systems/equipment/and infrastructure, print/copy/duplicate solutions, student information systems, and learning management systems and platforms?