The current referendum that provides the Monroe County Community School Corporation with millions of dollars each year ends at the end of 2016, forcing district officials to decide how to proceed to get revenue up.
The referendum helped MCCSC earn $7.5 million annually for the past six years and the board is deciding if another referendum should be pursued in 2016.
Since 2010, teachers' salaries, programs, and extracurricular coaches have been funded through money generated by this referendum
Tim Pritchett is the spokesperson for MCCSC and says the district never raised taxes to the full amount it was approved for.
"We expect that this time if the board pursues either May or November that that amount would be slightly less that we would ask for," Pritchett says.
If the school board pursues another referendum it will be a question on either the May or November 2016 ballot. An outside consulting group surveyed the community and found most people will support public education in some capacity.