On November 4, 2025, East Jordan Public Schools (EJPS) will have two proposals on the ballot related to school operating funds. The proposals, if approved, would (Proposal I) renew and (Proposal II) safeguard the district's operating millage against Headlee reductions to ensure that the district continues to receive full per pupil state funding for students.

• Proposal I is a renewal of the existing operating millage, not a new tax.

• It continues the current 19.3176 mills on non-homestead property (such as businesses, rental properties, vacation/second homes, agricultural, and industrial property) from 2027 through 2034.

• Primary residences (your home where you live full time and that has the principal residence exemption) are not taxed by the millages in Proposal I and Proposal II.

• Proposal II acts as a safeguard: If the operating millage is reduced below 18 mills by the Headlee Amendment, the district can levy up to 2 additional mills to bring the operating millage back up to 18 mills.

• By law, the district can never collect more than 18 mills with the operating millage.

• These millages would help ensure that the district receives the full amount of per-pupil foundation allowance provided by the State of Michigan as the State assumes the district is levying 18 mills of operating millage when it allocates state funding for students.

I. East Jordan Public Schools Operating Millage Renewal Proposal

This proposal will allow the school district to continue to levy the statutory rate of not to exceed 18 mills on all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, required for the school district to receive its revenue per pupil foundation allowance, and renews millage that will expire with the 2026 tax levy.

Shall the currently authorized millage rate limitation of 19.3176 mills ($19.3176 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, in East Jordan Public Schools, Charlevoix and Antrim Counties, Michigan, be renewed for a period of 8 years, 2027 to 2034 inclusive, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and 18 mills are levied in 2027 is approximately $5,419,479 (this is a renewal of millage that will expire with the 2026 tax levy)?

II. East Jordan Public Schools Operating Millage Proposal

This proposal will allow the school district to levy the statutory rate of not to exceed 18 mills on all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, required for the school district to receive its revenue per pupil foundation allowance.

Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, in East Jordan Public Schools, Charlevoix and Antrim Counties, Michigan, be increased by 2 mills ($2.00 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 8 years, 2027 to 2034 inclusive, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2027 is approximately $0 (this millage is to restore millage lost as a result of the reduction required by the Michigan Constitution of 1963 and will be levied only to the extent necessary to restore that reduction)?