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To address escalating capital demands, the Edmonds School District is asking the state Legislature for a constitutional amendment to change the bond validation rate from a 60 percent supermajority to a 50 percent, plus one, majority of ballots cast.

While a school levy passes with a simple majority, a bond requires 60% approval. In recent years, the district has been on the losing end of bond votes.

In February 2020, 58% of eligible voters approved a $96 million replacement technology and capital levy.

At the same time, however, voters rejected a six-year, $600 million Edmonds School Distr...