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This bill clarifies school finance laws related to general fund levies. The key provisions are: 1. It removes references to an "additional levy" for the district general fund, and instead refers to an "over-BASE budget levy" to finance general fund amounts above the BASE budget. 2. It clarifies trustees' authority to acquire or dispose of school sites and buildings, including allowing the purchase of property contiguous to an existing site without a site approval election. 3. It revises the definition of "over-BASE budget levy" to be the district levy in support of any general fund amount budgeted above the BASE budget, within the general fund budget limits. 4. It requires any increase in the over-BASE budget levy to be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the district, rather than an "additional levy" as previously required. 5. It provides that in years when the legislature affects school funding, the trustees may order an election on a date other than the regular school election day, but prior to August 1, to consider a proposition for an increase in the over-BASE budget levy.

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