 Well, 14 percent of the Bemidji School District's budget comes from the local level. That means taxpayer dollars. A new budget was addressed today. Haiti Clouder has more. 10 million dollars. That's the proposed tax levy for the 2016 to 2017 school year. The revenue operating budget would be nearly 70 million. That number comes from four categories, local, state, federal and other. The legislature passes the laws and gives the school board the authority to levy taxes. Or the voters vote a referendum in place that can affect a school levy as well. The Bemidji School Board held its meeting tonight and voted unanimously to approve the budget. All those in favor, do you say aye? Aye. Aye. Long-term facility maintenance, also known as LTFM, has the largest increase in the 2017 tax levy, is specific for maintenance projects for the school. Tuck pointing and roofs and boilers and issues like that on an ongoing basis where we will have the ability to issue debt and pay that over time if we decide to do a major project. Levy limitation would increase by almost 10 percent compared to last year. Student enrollment plays a major factor in school funding. If we have increasing enrollment, that will generate additional dollars for us. A special program was also introduced during the meeting. Alice Trading, which can help save lives by offering an alternate solution to shelter in place during an attack on campus. It became very evident that this is the way to go. Instead of being that victim mode, it gave you the survivor mentality of if there was someone that was going to commit some active violence, that we had choices or options. This green bucket can be used as a restroom. The tarp can help if you ever need to break a window so you won't cut yourself on glass, and toilet paper always helps. It's something that is out there, it could happen, and we just want to be as prepared as possible. Although the public wasn't in attendance, Rene is still hopeful this plan will be enforced and empower students. In Bemidji, Haiti-Clauder, Lakeland News. The largest area of expenditures goes toward wages and benefits, and 9% goes to supplies and materials.