SEATTLE — Washington state's Feb. 13 special election is right around the corner.
A majority of the measures up for a vote include school bonds and levies. A couple of the non-school-related measures include increasing the minimum wage in Renton and a transportation sales tax in Marysville.
Here's what you can expect to find on the ballot.
Renton
Renton voters could raise the minimum wage to $20.29 an hour for employees with large businesses and $18.29 for smaller employers. Businesses with fewer than 15 workers would be exempt unless they have an annual gross revenue of over $2 million. The wage would be adjusted for inflation each year.
According to the language on the ballot initiative, the measure would also require covered employers to "distribute additional hours to its part-time workers prior to hiring new employees, contractors, or temporary workers if its existing part-time workers have the skills and experience to perform the work."
Marysville
Voters will decide whether to continue paying a .2% sales tax for transportation improvements for the next ten years.
The Marysville City Council formed the Transportation Benefit District in 2014 to provide funds for the city's infrastructure. The current 10-year period passed by residents in 2014 ends this year.
If approved the measure will generate an average of $3 million per year.
School bonds and levies
King County
Auburn School District
The Educational Programs and Operations levy will replace the 2020 levy that expires in 2024.
Under the levy, the school district will collect no more than $2.50 per $1,000 of assessed value from homeowners. The levy will provide 14% of the school district's budget.
The levy will help fund all athletics and activities, including transportation, special education programs and transportation, and staffing for positions underfunded by the state.
Tukwila School District
The Tukwila School District is asking residents to renew both its Educational Programs & Ops Levy and its Technology and Capital Levy.
The school district will collect $3.39 per $1,000 of assessed value, a $0.41 decrease from the previous rate.
The ops levy funds roughly 13% of the district’s overall budget. The levy helps fund staffing positions, band, art and music programs, transportation, and extracurricular activities and more.
The tech levy helps fund things such as Chromebooks, maintenance and software, staffing development, school safety and energy efficient upgrades and more.
Pierce County
Eatonville School District
An Educational Programs & Operations levy and Capital Projects levy are both up for renewal. The programs and operations levy would help fund music and arts, athletic programs and extracurricular activities and more. The Capitol Projects levy would fund major repairs of roofs and gutters, heating/cooling systems, and athletic facilities. It would also fund technology for staff and students and more.
The combined levies would cost homeowners $2.50 per $1,000 of assessed value.
Puyallup School District
The Puyallup School District is asking voters to approve a Capitol Projects levy. The levy would cost $0.87 per $1,000 of assessed value.
The levy would fund improvement projects throughout the district including replacing heating/cooling systems, plumbing, roofing, student and staff technology, safety and security, and more.
Tacoma School District
Tacoma residents will vote on an improvements and safety upgrades bond on Feb. 13. The $650 million bond will fund major replacements or renovations and 11 different schools.
The bond will also keep classrooms up-to-date, expand career and technical education and more.
The bond will cost homeowners $7.53 per month or $90 a year, by comparing the average home values and tax rates of the last five years to the next five years.
Snohomish County
The Arlington School District is asking residents to renew its Educational Programs and Operations levy, a Capital levy and to vote on a bond to replace Post Middle School and improve traffic flow at some schools.
The Educational Programs and Operations levy rate will be around $1.65 per $1,000 assessed valuation and will fund around 12% of the district's budget. The levy helps fund instructional services and support, facility maintenance and technology, special education and extracurricular activities.
The estimated Capital levy rate would be $0.77 per $1,000. The levy helps fund health, safety, infrastructure and facility improvements.
The $95 million bond would replace Post Middle School, which was built in the 1980s. The new school would be built with safety and security concerns in consideration, would be earthquake resistant, and bigger classrooms to support STEAM education.
KING 5's Erica Zucco contributed to this report.