Both St. Landry Parish School Board tax proposals were rejected by voters in Saturday’s election.
With all 92 precincts in the parish reporting, about three-quarters of voters voted “No” on the propositions.
The 10-year, 11.3- mill tax to pay for a school employee pay raise received 3,718 “Yes” votes and 10,163 “No” votes, according to the state Secretary of State website. Turnout was 23 percent.
The second proposition, a 20-year, 12.1-mill to fund a $99 million capital improvement plan failed by a 3,592 to 10,129 vote.
A five-year, 10-mill property tax in Fire District 3 failed by a 1,929 to 3,410 vote.
Voters in Coule Croche Fire Protection District 4 approved a 10-year, 10-mill property tax by a vote 335 to 242.
