APPENDIX A
FORM OF BALLOT QUESTION AUTHORIZING IGNACIO SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 11JT TO RAISE ADDITIONAL LOCAL REVENUE AND SPEND SUCH ADDITIONAL REVENUES TO FUND THE IGNACIO MARKET DRIVEN COMPENSATION PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE ACT OF 1994.

SHALL IGNACIO SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 11JT, LA PLATA COUNTY, COLORADO, TAXES BE INCREASED BY UP TO $586,148.00 ANNUALLY, FOR THE 2003-2004 BUDGET YEAR AND EACH BUDGET YEAR THEREAFTER, SO LONG AS THE "IGNACIO MARKET DRIVEN COMPENSATION PLAN", A COMPENSATION PLAN THAT PAYS TEACHERS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS, CONTINUES IN OPERATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESOLUTION APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ON JULY 8, 2003, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL LOCAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUES SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPLEMENTING THE "IGNACIO MARKET DRIVEN COMPENSATION PLAN", WHICH REVENUE SHALL BE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF LOCAL TAXPAYERS BY IMPOSING AN ANNUAL MILL LEVY SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE THE AMOUNT SPECIFIED ABOVE, WHICH TAXES SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO AND EXPENDED FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD BE LEVIED FOR THE GENERAL FUND, WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT WITHOUT FURTHER VOTER APPROVAL NOTWITHSTANDING THE LIMITATIONS OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?