SAN DIEGO -- The state has already cut $90 million from the San Diego Unified School District's budget now the district is looking at a plan to increase taxes to make up the difference, 10News' Joe Little reported Friday. The tax would affect property owners within the district.

On Tuesday the board of education is expected to approve a $130,000 consultant contract to investigate a parcel tax. It's a tax San Diegans could vote on next year.

Eight-year-old Blake Eastman is looking forward to the second grade at Kumeyaay Elementary in Tierrasanta. His mother, Leslie Eastman, said it's a great school mostly because it has great community support.

"I think parent involvement is the number-one key that helps distinguish quality schools," she said.

However, Eastman isn't as happy with the school district. San Diego Unified is considering a parcel tax -- a tax all homeowners in the district would pay to support local schools.

"I think it's a travesty," she said. Eastman believes San Diegans are taxed enough.

"We're looking at ways that we can have more local control for funding our schools," district spokesman Bernie Rhinerson said.

Rhinerson said they don't know how much the tax would be or how it would be spent. He said the consultant would figure it out before it's placed on the ballot.

"It could be spent on career technology training. It could be spent on teacher professional development. There's a whole range of things," Bern said.

The district could use the money. The state cut $91 million from this year's budget. However, history may not be on their side.

The last parcel tax to go before voters was Proposition A, last November. It was a measure that would have created a county firefighting authority. It would have cost homeowners $52 a year. Voters shot it down. But they did approve Proposition S, a bond measure to repair schools.

"I think San Diegans have a history of supporting education when they know that the money is going to be spent for our kids," said Bern.

Eastman thinks the district should forget about the tax consultant and hire someone to tell them how to cut.

"I am really angered because I'm trimming back, all my friends are figuring out where to trim our budgets," she said.

If the board approves the consultant contract Tuesday the school district said it will hold several public meetings before placing the parcel tax on the ballot.