Statewide, voters supported most of Tuesday’s supplemental levies, which largely pay teacher salaries and cover extracurricular costs. But voters rejected nearly all ballot measures related to school facilities.
Twenty-four supplemental levies passed, while four failed.
Grangeville’s supplemental levy seemed likely to pass with all but one precinct reporting. The support comes after an initial failure in November at the newly created district. Kellogg’s supplemental levy also passed after a November failure.
Middleton again failed to convince voters to support a supplemental levy after a November failure. Payette, Marsh Valley, Council and Emmett also saw levy failures.
Some races were separated by less than a dozen votes. Council’s supplemental levy failed by seven votes while Marsh Valley’s failed by 11. Filer’s levy passed by eight votes.
Rockland and Kimberly’s bonds failed, continuing a trend of recent failures. A bond has not passed in Idaho since May 2024. Four of the five plant facilities levies on ballots also failed.
North Gem’s $100,000-per-year plant facilities was the only proposal to gain patron support, with nearly 60% of voters in favor.
Voters rejected dual proposals from two school districts. Kimberly had both a failed bond and plant facilities measure levy. Payette had a failed plant facility levy and a supplemental levy.
In all, Idaho districts asked voters for more than $183 million Tuesday. The asks are more than double those from May 2025, when voters considered $75 million in ballot measures. Tuesday’s amount also exceeds November’s statewide ballot measure total of $159 million.
See our live results page here. The results below are unofficial and collected from state and county websites.
Bonds
Two districts sought bonds this May, totaling $61.6 million. Idaho is one of two states that require two-thirds supermajority support, 66.7%, for a bond to pass.
Kimberly
What: A $57.8 million, 30-year bond.
What’s at stake? The bond would pay for a new fine arts center and auditorium, gym, community field house, and athletic fields at Kimberly High School. The parking lots at both the high school and middle school would also be refinished.
Superintendent Luke Schroeder said the facilities would serve the whole community with community recreational space where the public can play basketball, pickleball or walk on the track.
Impact: The bond would cost taxpayers $277 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Failed with 86% opposed
Rockland
What: A $3.8 million, 10-year bond.
What’s at stake? The bond would pay for building renovations and the construction of a Career Technical Education and agriculture building. It would also cover a football field with a track and new lighting.
Impact: The bond would cost taxpayers $592 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Failed with 66% opposed
Plant facilities levies
Five districts sought plant-facilities levies — adding up to more than $48 million — for school facility maintenance and updates. Plant facility levies typically need 55% of the votes in favor to pass. They are listed alphabetically below.
American Falls
What: An average of $7.8 million, 10-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would pay for school maintenance, including lighting, heating and maintenance equipment. The levy would increase each year, starting at $695,564 the first year, up to $887,736, with an average of $788,528 per year. The district built in that 6% increase each year to cover the cost of inflation, said Superintendent Randy Jensen.
Impact: The levy would cost taxpayers $44 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value. The levy would replace an expiring plant facility levy. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Failed with 51% support, needed 55% in support to pass.
Kimberly
What: A $5 million, 10-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would pay for facility maintenance, including new HVAC units, resealing parking lots, and replacing school buses as they age out.
Impact: The levy would cost taxpayers $40 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value, an increase of $16 from the expiring plant facility levy. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Failed with 65% opposed.
Lakeland
What: A $15 million, 5-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would pay for building maintenance and updates like new flooring, playground repairs, repairing cracks in gym walls, a new backup generator at replacing roofs.
Impact: The levy would cost taxpayers $30.24 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Failed with 57% opposed.
North Gem
What: A $1 million, 10-year levy.
What’s at stake? The funds would be used to repair buildings and do updates like lighting and HVAC. The funds also could go toward buying new land or paying back loans.
Impact: $44.01 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value. The levy would replace an expiring levy at the same rate.
Election Results: Passed with 60% support
Payette
What: A $19.5 million, 10-year levy.
What’s at stake? The funds would largely pay for school updates like a new security vestibule at Payette Primary, resealing and repairing the McCain Middle School parking lot, and updating classrooms at Payette High School.
Impact: The levy would cost taxpayers $157.44 per $100,000. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Failed with 64% opposed
Supplemental levies
Twenty-eight districts sought supplemental levies — adding up to about $74 million. The levies largely pay the salaries and benefits of staff, above state allocations. Levies also commonly cover extracurricular activities. They require a simple majority or 50% to pass. The levies are listed alphabetically below.
Aberdeen
What: A $1.9 million, two-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay for staff salaries and benefits at $700,000 a year. It would also pay for maintenance and custodial supplies, technology, school resource officer and safety/security, classroom supplies, and curriculum.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $201.78 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value. The levy replaces an expiring levy of the same cost. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Passed with 71% support
Bonneville
What: A $19.2 million, two-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay for staff salaries and benefits with $2.5 million a year slated for support staff like paraeducators and another $990,000 for teachers and counselors. Another $1.2 million would pay for full-day kindergarten. Other big-ticket items include $900,000 for classroom supplies, $950,000 for coaches and other extracurricular activity advisors, and $950,000 for physical education and music programs.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $119.24 per $100,000 of taxable assessed property value. The levy would be an increase of $47.20 from the expiring supplemental levy. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Passed with 59% support.
Cassia
What: A $5.9 million, two-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay for curriculum adoption and classroom supplies at just over $1 million per year. The rest of the funds would go to extracurricular activities at $1 million, safety and security at $745,000 and classroom equipment at $200,000.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $73.18 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Passed with 60% support.
Cottonwood
What: A $275,000, one-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay for virtual speech, language pathologist services that also require an in-person paraeducator to supervise students at $100,000 per year. The levy would also pay for utilities, technology, substitute teachers, maintenance and subsidize the district’s food services.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $86.91 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value, an increase of $27.65 from the expiring supplemental levy. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Passed with 68% support.
Council
What: A $500,000, two-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would pay the salaries and benefits of instructional aids.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $52.50 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value, an increase of $24.10 from the expiring supplemental levy. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Failed with 50% opposed (399 against, 392 in favor)
Culdesac
What: A $500,000, two-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay for building maintenance at $104,015 per year. The levy would also cover student activities and clubs, supplies and materials, curriculum, technology, property and liability insurance, and purchased services.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $243.18 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value, the same as the expiring supplemental levy. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Passed with 64% support.
Emmett
What: A $4.6 million, two-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay for routine and emergency building maintenance at $1 million per year, with another $700,000 toward custodial services. The levy would also pay for nursing, K-5 behavioral support personnel, and supplemental curriculum and supplies.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $72.03 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Failed with 52% opposed.
Filer
What: A $1.3 million, two-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay for staff salaries and benefits at $520,000. Extracurricular activities and supplies would receive $65,000 each.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $62.97 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Passed with 50% support (875 in favor, 867 opposed)
Glenns Ferry
What: A $780,000, two-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would largely go to staff salaries and benefits at $245,000 per year. The rest of the funds would pay for curriculum, facility maintenance and technology.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $63 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value, the same as the expiring supplemental levy. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Passed with 62% support.
Grangeville
What: A $805,000, one-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay for extracurricular activities at $550,000. The levy funds would also purchase two vans for transporting small groups to extracurricular activities at $120,000. The rest of the funds would cover library staffing and discipline support staff.
The levy ask comes after a failed November ballot measure and ahead of the first year of Grangeville operating as its own school district.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $83.67 per $100,000 of taxable assessed property value, a reduction of $98.49 from the expiring supplemental levy. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Passed with 57% support.
Highland
What: A $1.2 million, two-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay for classified staff salaries and benefits at $212,000 per year. Busing is the second largest expense at $150,000 per year. The rest of the levy funds would cover full-day kindergarten, extracurricular activities and the associated busing costs, career technical education programs, and curriculum.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $253.49 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value, the same as the expiring supplemental levy. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Passed with 61% support.
Kellogg
What: A $7 million, two-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay for staff salaries and benefits at $1.1 million per year. The funds would also cover transportation, nursing staff, janitorial services, and utilities for another $1.7 million. Another $694,000 would go to covering student programs like Junior ROTC, foreign language, athletics, full-day kindergarten, music and physical education.
The levy is for the same amount as a failed November 2025 supplemental levy request.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $238.58 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value, an increase of $93.26 from the expiring supplemental levy. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Passed with 66% support.
Mackay
What: A $200,000, two-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay for athletics at $50,000 per year. The rest of the funds would cover classroom supplies, classified staff salaries and benefits and building utilities.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $32.90 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Passed with 65% support.
Madison
What: A $3.9 million, two-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay for staff salaries and benefits at $995,000 per year. The rest of the funds would cover safety and technology, curriculum, and transportation.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $52.97 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value, the same as the expiring supplemental levy. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Passed with 61% support.
Marsh Valley
What: A $2 million, two-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would largely cover curriculum at $350,000 per year. Other allocations include special education services at $240,000 and extracurricular activities at $250,000. Literary intervention and career technical education also would receive levy funds.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $42.10 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Failed with 50% opposed (875 against, 864 in favor)
Middleton
What: A $3.9 million, two-year levy.
What’s at stake? The majority of levy funds would pay staff salaries and benefits with $402,016 set aside for certified teachers and another $374,193 for classified staff, like paraeducators. Other line items include curriculum adoption, a school resource officer, transportation, technology, building maintenance, and covering a portion of pay-to-play extracurricular fees.
The ask comes after Middleton trustees decided to pursue a new state grant to build a new elementary school after years of failed bond measures.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $31 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value, an increase of $10 from the expiring levy. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Failed with 52% opposed.
Minidoka
What: A $7.7 million, two-year levy.
What’s at stake? The majority of levy funds would pay for student activities and athletics at $1 million per year. The rest would cover student safety, academic programs and classroom support, school operations and maintenance, and transportation.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $122.71 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Passed with 54% support.
Nezperce
What: A $445,000, one-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay for staff salaries and benefits at $285,000. The rest of the funds would cover maintenance and transportation, and utilities.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $251 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value, the same as the expiring supplemental levy. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Passed with 69% support.
Payette
What: A $1 million, two-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would largely cover a classified staff pay increase at $200,000. The rest would cover curriculum and technology and special education expenses at $150,000 each.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $40.37 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Failed with 54% opposed.
Potlatch
What: A $1.65 million, one-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would largely cover special education staff and student services. The fund would also pay for career-technical enrichment programs, maintenance and extracurricular activities.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $336.67 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Passed with 53% support.
Preston
What: A $2.2 million, two-year levy
What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay classified staff and substitute teacher salaries at $630,000 per year. Technology and nurse/mental health services are also big-ticket items. The rest of the levy funds would pay for a school resource officer and extracurricular activities.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $81.50 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Passed with 56% support.
Richfield
What: A $360,000, two-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay for classified staff, like paraprofessionals, salary and benefits at $100,000 per year. The rest would cover extra-curricular programs at $80,000.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $129.86 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value, the same as the expiring supplemental levy. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Passed with 64% support.
Ririe
What: A $1 million, two-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay for staff salaries and benefits at $222,000 per year. Another $110,000 each year would pay for a school resource officer. The rest of the levy would go toward purchasing a new bus, maintenance and curriculum.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $111 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value, an increase of $17 from the expiring levy. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Passed with 61% support.
Salmon River
What: A $525,000, one-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay teacher staff salaries and benefits budgeted at $250,000. The rest would cover classified staff, including aides, janitorial staff, and coaches, at $150,000.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $148.69 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Passed with 57% support.
Shoshone
What: A $600,000, two-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay for certified staff at $170,000 per year. The rest of the funds would cover athletics/activities, transportation, supplies, and classified staff.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $74.54 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value, the same as the expiring supplemental levy. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Passed with 55% support.
Soda Springs
What: A $993,000, one-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would pay for teacher and staff salaries and a school resource officer.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $61.39 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value, a reduction of $7.33 from the expiring levy. The reduction is due to an increase in property values. The total cost of the proposed levy and the expiring levy is $993,000. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Passed with 62% support.
Snake River
What: A $1.4 million, two-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would largely cover staff salaries at $225,000, as well as curriculum and technology, safety, literacy interventions and all-day kindergarten and supplemental programs like music, FFA and athletics.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $67 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value, the same as the expiring supplemental levy. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Passed with 66% support.
Wendell
What: A $1.2 million, two-year levy
What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay for building maintenance at $355,000 per year. The rest would cover staff salaries and benefits and curriculum adoption.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $81.36 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Passed with 54% support.
Whitepine
What: A $880,000, one-year levy.
What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay staff salaries and benefits at $595,000. The rest of the funds would cover security and technology, maintenance and operations, transportation, supplies and curriculum, and extracurricular programs.
Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $256.12 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value a $2.32 decrease from the expiring supplemental levy. See sample ballot here.
Election results: Passed with 66% support.
Ed News Data Analyst Randy Schrader contributed to this story.
