Texas schools asked voters for $18 billion in new debt to fix its campuses. They largely said yes
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Texas schools asked voters for $18 billion in new debt to fix its campuses. They largely said yes.
The voter approval rate for school maintenance and construction costs dipped in 2021 after lawmakers required school boards to call them “tax increases.”
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Texas schools asked voters for $18B in new debt to fix campuses. Most said yes
The voter approval rate for school maintenance and construction costs dipped in 2021 after lawmakers required school boards to call them “tax increases.”
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Dark money nonprofit with ties to Texas billionaire works to defeat Midland school bond
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Dark Money Nonprofit With Ties to Texas Billionaire Works to Defeat Midland School Bond — ProPublica
Tim Dunn’s public policy groups have helped ensure that tax hike language is attached to school bonds in the state. Now, that language is being used to undercut support for a bond in his hometown of Midland.
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Midland Reporter Telegram holds a bond election forum Wednesday night
"It's important, particularly for the people who are undecided," Josh Ham with Energize Midland schools said on the bond forum.
United States Midlander Joshua Guinn Bryan Murray Rachel Walker Midland College Midland Reporter Telegram
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In West Texas, schools hope skeptical voters will OK debt to upgrade crumbling, overcrowded buildings
The West Texas ethos of low taxes and small government has been hard for school leaders to overcome. Voters have rejected bond issues in Midland and Odessa during the last decade.
Source: yahoo.com