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SCHOOL DISTRICT QUESTION 1 (ISD #846)
Approval of Bond Issue and Capital Project Levy Authorization
The school board of Independent School District No. 846 (Breckenridge Public Schools) has proposed a project for the acquisition and betterment of school sites and facilities, including safety and security improvements at school sites and facilities; the construction and equipping of an elementary school addition to the high school building; replacement of the existing bus garage; deferred maintenance, repair and renovation projects at school sites and facilities; the acquisition, installation, replacement, support and maintenance of software, educational software, software licenses, computers, improved technology equipment, networks, infrastructure, the costs of technology related personnel and training; the purchase and replacement of school buses and school related transportation vehicles; and the acquisition of curriculum, textbooks and materials.
To provide funds for a portion of the project costs, the school board has proposed to issue general obligation school building bonds in an amount not to exceed $58,000,000. To provide funds for the remaining portion of the project costs, the school board has proposed a capital project levy authorization in the amount of 3.553% times the net tax capacity of the school district. The proposed capital project levy will raise approximately $600,000 for taxes payable in 2026, the first year it is to be levied, and would be authorized for ten (10) years. The estimated total cost of the projects to be funded by the capital project levy authorization is approximately $6,000,000. The projects to be funded have received a positive Review and Comment from the Commissioner of Education.
Shall issuance of the general obligation school building bonds and the capital project levy authorization proposed by the school board of Independent School District No. 846 be approved?
BY VOTING "YES" ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU ARE VOTING FOR A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.
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