Orleans Parish

Shall the Orleans Parish School Board continue to levy a tax of one and fifty-five hundredths (1.55) mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of property within the City of New Orleans assessed for City Taxation, (an estimated $3,919,613.32 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year) for a period of ten (10) years, beginning in 2009, for the purpose of providing textbooks, instructional equipment and materials, library books and school supplies, to be levied and collected in the same manner as is set forth in Article VIII, Section 13(C)(Second) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, said tax to be a renewal of the tax approved at an election held on May 2, 1998, which tax expires with the 2008 levy?

Shall the Orleans Parish School Board continue to levy a tax of one and fifty-five hundredths (1.55) mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of property within the City of New Orleans assessed for City Taxation, (an estimated $3,919,613.32 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year) for a period of ten (10) years, beginning in 2009, for the purpose of funding programs for early childhood education, improving discipline and decreasing dropouts, to be levied and collected in the same manner as is set forth in Article VIII, Section 13(C)(Second) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, said tax to be a renewal of the tax approved at an election held on May 2, 1998, which tax expires with the 2008 levy?

Shall the Orleans Parish School Board continue to levy a tax of seven and twenty-seven hundredths (7.27) mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of property within the City of New Orleans assessed for City Taxation, (an estimated $18,401,940.46 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year) for a period of ten (10) years, beginning in 2009, for the purpose of providing salaries, fringe benefits and productivity incentives for employees, to be levied and collected in the same manner as is set forth in Article VIII, Section 13(C)(Second) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, said tax to be a renewal of the tax approved at an election held on May 2, 1998, which tax expires with the 2008 levy?

Shall the Orleans Parish School Board continue to levy a tax of two and thirty-two (2.32) mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of property within the City of New Orleans assessed for City Taxation, (an estimated $5,870,219.01 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year) for a period of twenty (20) years, beginning in 2009, for the purpose of maintenance of capital facilities, including the removal of asbestos and other health hazards, and/or installation of climate control machinery, such as air-conditioning, in existing classroom facilities, to be levied and collected in the same manner as is set forth in Article VIII, Section 13(C)(Second) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, said tax to be a renewal of the tax approved at an election held on April 16, 1988, which tax expires with the 2008 levy?