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10 <br />approving a one -time ten percent (100) increase <br />in the income qualification standard; and <br />maintaining the current provisions which increase <br />the income qualification standard each year based <br />on any cost -of- living adjustment made to the <br />benefits under Titles II and XVI of the Social <br />Security Act for the preceding calendar year; <br />b) diminish the discriminatory features of the <br />current exemption provisions relating to married <br />couples by establishing graduated income <br />qualification standards for single individuals <br />versus married couples; and <br />c) address the ineffectiveness of the exemption <br />provisions in communities where property values <br />increase at substantial rates over short periods <br />of time by capping the increase in additional <br />taxes to be paid to the increase in the Consumer <br />Price Index (CPI) for the preceding year; <br />15) Bond Referendum for Education - Support a statewide <br />bond referendum to provide State assistance to meet <br />public school and community college construction needs <br />caused by increased enrollment, mandated reduction in <br />class size and other factors; <br />