With just over

a month to go until the election, the Coweta County School System Tuesday

laid out the rules for communicating on SPLOST.

Last year,

the school system saw its efforts to extend the tax past June 2001 go

up in flames. This year, the system has already courted the seniors by

also having an exemption for seniors on some of the school tax also on

the ballot in March.

Superintendent

of Education Richard Brooks told the board members that information on

the SPLOST proposal would be circulated by public information officer

Dean Jackson to the various schools this week.

Brooks said

the information was just that; it doesn't provide an opinion on how the

voters should vote.

He also cautioned

school system employees from offering an opinion on the proposal, unless

it was done after work hours.

After getting

the information, Brooks said the employees could contact Jackson or their

respective principals if they had any other questions.

Board member

Allan Payton also asked the board to consider adding an exemption for

disabled people to the ballot.

While it's

too late to get on the March ballot, Payton said the exemption could be

voted on during November's general election.

Payton said

there's about 100 residents in the county who would qualify for an exemption

and it would not cost the school system much money in lost revenues.

The board agreed

to study Payton's proposal and report