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Some school districts are concerned about how they legally can campaign for school levies.

A recent Dayton Daily News investigation found local school and library officials in the area say there has been an increased number of attempts to ba

Superintendents thrilled with levy passages By Scott Halasz - shalasz@aimmediamidwest.com XENIA — Don’t be shocked if you see some area superintendents doing cartwheels through their buildings this week. Voters in the Beavercreek, Bellbrook-Sugarcreek, and Xenia school districts unofficially passed crucial property tax levies Tuesday, providing funding for day-to-day operations and a new middle school. In Xenia, the fifth time was the charm as voters finally gave the OK for a new Warner Middle School. The district had been trying to pass some type of middle school levy since November 2016...

All levies pass, changing schools’ outlooks Jeremy P. Kelley The Bellbrook, Xenia and Beavercreek school districts are making new plans for the coming years because voters changed course Tuesday, approving tax levies after previous rejections. All 10 school levies in the five-county Dayton area were approved — just the second time in the past dozen years that there were no rejections. School levy passage was up slightly statewide as well. The Ohio School Boards Association reported that 68% of all school levies passed (up from 64% in November), including 50% of new/additio...