SK> ->    Ga. citizens voted in favor of Amendment 2, which would
SK> -> allow school boards to seek voter approval for a 1% sales tax to
SK> -> build new schools or pay off debt (White, ATLANTA JOURNAL-
SK> ->    Many restrictions apply to the use of the sales tax for
SK> -> school construction.  From the paper:  "Before a countywide 1
SK> -> percent tax could be enacted, the school board would have to
SK> -> specify which projects it would fund 
    That's the key to getting voters to pass a school-tax referendum: 
committing to the voters on what they're buying.
    Guilford County voters turned down a bond referendum 2-1 a couple years 
ago, largely because voters didn't trust the administrators and board about 
where the money would go.
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