The local Option is a two-year levy on property within the Pleasant Hill School District. In 1999, the Oregon Legislature approved a local option allowing voters to make some local funding decisions for their schools. Each property may pay a different amount, depending on its assessed value and its real market value. Pleasant Hill has a worksheet so you can estimate your share of the Local Option. The Local Option pays for school operations.
State government decides how much money schools get.
The state ensures that districts get about the same amount per student, regardless of how much local residents pay in property taxes. So, if Pleasant Hill residents pay more in property taxes, the increase doesn't benefit local schools. The new Local Option is the exception to that rule. About 72 percent of Pleasant Hill's funding comes from the state budget, which is mainly supplied by state income taxes. About 28 percent comes from other sources, mainly local property taxes.