G.E.T. Levy

The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau school district has decided to stick with an $800,000 property tax levy even though an interpretation by the State of Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction says the levy should reach $4,000,000 in year five of a bond referndum.

The Trempealeau CountyTimes reports the state maintains that wording in an $800,000 a year 2010 bond referendum forces the district to compound the amount adding $800,000 to the levy each year.

The school district maintains its intention was to levy the 800-thousand dollars each of the five years.

Because the state would not retreat from its stance, the district has decided to stick with the $800,000 levy each year.

District residents are being asked by the district to contact state lawmakers and the Department of Public Instruction to get the DPI's stance to change.