Ascension Parish

Shall Parish-wide School District of Ascension Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), incur debt and issue bonds to the amount of Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000), to run twenty (20) years from date thereof, with interest at a rate not exceeding nine per centum (9%) per annum, to be sold at par, premium or discount, for the purpose of acquiring and/or improving lands for building sites and playgrounds, including construction of necessary sidewalks and streets adjacent thereto; purchasing, erecting and/or improving school buildings and other school related facilities within and for the District and acquiring the necessary equipment and furnishings therefor, title to which shall be in the public; which bonds will be general obligations of the District and will be payable from ad valorem taxes to be levied and collected in the manner provided by Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974 and statutory authority supplemental thereto?

Shall the Parish School Board of the Parish of Ascension, State of Louisiana (the "School Board"), under the provisions of Article VI, Section 29 of the Constitution of Louisiana of 1974 and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, be authorized to levy and collect, and adopt an ordinance providing for such levy and collection, a tax of one-half of one percent (1/2%) (the "Tax") upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption, and storage for use or consumption, of tangible personal property and on sales of services in the Parish of Ascension, all as presently defined in La. R.S. 47:301 through R.S. 47:317, inclusive, with the proceeds of the Tax, after paying the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax, to be used for paying salaries and benefits of teachers and other school employees and providing, operating and maintaining technology facilities and programs, including computers and software?