The Gwinnett County Board of Education has called for a referendum on continuing the one-cent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) for education for another five years. The question will be on the county’s November 8, 2011 ballot.

Language as it appears on the ballot:

Shall a special one percent sales and use tax be continued in the special district of Gwinnett County for a period of time not to exceed 20 calendar quarters and for the raising of an estimated amount of $876,000,000, to be distributed among the Gwinnett County School District and the City of Buford School District for the purpose of funding the following projects: (i) for Gwinnett County School District: (A) developing sites for and constructing and equipping new schools, support facilities and athletic facilities; (B) making additions to, acquiring or renovating and equipping existing schools, support facilities and athletic facilities; (C) purchasing and refurbishing school buses and other support vehicles; (D) making existing lease/purchase payments with respect to the acquisition of new and existing schools and support facilities; (E) modernizing technology and making system-wide technology improvements in the Gwinnett School District, and (F) acquiring digital instructional materials, software, textbooks and library materials (collectively, the “Gwinnett Projects”), at a cost of approximately $858,900,000; and (ii) for the City of Buford School District: (A) acquiring new sites for the construction of new schools, support facilities and athletic facilities and the expansion of existing schools and support facilities; (B) developing sites for constructing and equipping new schools, support facilities and athletic facilities; (C) making additions to, acquiring or renovating, equipping and modernizing existing schools, support facilities and athletic facilities; (D) making existing or new lease/purchase payments or payments with respect to the acquisition of new and existing schools and support facilities along with buses and other transportation vehicles, textbooks, library books and other media; and (E) modernizing technology and making system-wide technology improvements, at a cost of approximately $17,100,000? If continuation of the tax is approved by the voters, such vote shall also constitute approval of the issuance of general obligation debt of the Gwinnett County School District in a principal amount not to exceed $275,000,000 for the purpose of funding all or a portion of the Gwinnett Projects.

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