Not exact matches
It was a success and the master plan was
approved with a swimming pool, bathhouse, office, maintenance garage, four local parks and
bonds to develop
facilities.
Commissioners also are considering
approving the issuing of a $ 550,000 general obligation
bond to help pay for buying and remodeling Park Central, the district's headquarters and banquet
facility at 3000 Central Rd.
Carol Stream Park District commissioners have voted to place a referendum initiative on the March 17 ballot asking voters to
approve an $ 11 million
bond issue to build a year - round outdoor athletic
facility.
The ballot proposition, if
approved, would also permit using the
bond proceeds «[t] o construct, enhance, and modernize educational
facilities to accommodate pre-kindergarten programs and provide instructional space to replace transportable classroom units» and «[t] o install high - tech security features in school buildings and on school campuses.»
The Southold Town Board
approved a
bond resolution last Wednesday with an eye toward acquiring a 10.4 - acre parcel in Peconic for a town recreational use — or as a potential site for the Sports East athletic
facility, Supervisor Scott Russell confirmed Tuesday.
The city attorney's office, the FBI, and the district attorney's office are conducting separate investigations into how millions of dollars in voter -
approved bond funds for new
facilities and renovations were used, and whether there was criminal wrongdoing.
If
approved by voters, the
bond will provide $ 1.9 billion for public school
facility grants to all 100 counties.
In a report to the Legislature on school
facilities, the LAO recommends that instead of relying on voter -
approved bonds to help pay for construction and upkeep, the state should create a grant program that awards funds based on student attendance and district need.
For instance, the San Diego Unified School District
approved this week a
facilities bond aimed at not only improving and renovating current school
facilities, but also building new space.
More than 71 % of San Bernardino voters
approve Bond Measure N, allocating $ 250 million to renovate San Bernardino Unified school
facilities.
The $ 9.2 billion
bond issue
approved by California voters four years ago included $ 2.5 billion to repair aging college
facilities, fix structural, health and safety deficiencies, and build much - needed classrooms.
In November, just four years after voters
approved a $ 9.2 billion school
facilities package, Californians will pass judgment on Proposition 47, which seeks authorization for $ 13 billion in
bonds for school
facilities across the state.
In California, the $ 13 billion school
bond issue
approved in November included up to $ 100 million for charter school
facilities; the $ 3.3 billion
bond issue
approved on the same day in the Los Angeles district was the first in California to include funds for expanding charter school
facilities — $ 50 million.
No Teacher or Administrator Salaries: Proceeds from the sale of the
bonds authorized by this proposition shall be used only for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement of school
facilities, including the furnishing and equipping of school
facilities, and not for any other purpose, including teacher and school administrator salariesLawyer Trick!Another new twist on lawyers trying to get you to
approve changing the prohibition in the Constitution on the use of
bond funds for administrator salaries.
As many of the school groups have already requested, the Education Coalition wants the governor to speed up allocation of the $ 7 billion
facilities bond approved by voters in 2016.
With the creation of the program, Oregon now joins some 20 other states that contribute to local
facilities budgets with cash from statewide voter -
approved bonds to help schools pay for construction, repair and upkeep of their structures.
As in many other states, Oregon school districts generally address
facility needs by passing local, voter -
approved bonds, according to the Department of Education.
The surety underwriting review takes a minimum of 6 to 8 weeks to complete before the surety
approves a new company for
bonding facilities.