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Measure E School Improvement Funding Los Nietos School District School Bonds - 55% Approval Required Pass: 1,300 / 77.11% Yes votes ...... 386 / 22.89% No votes
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Results as of Nov 25 1:07pm, 100% of Precincts Reporting (9/9) |
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To improve Ada S. Nelson, Aeolian, and Rancho Santa Gertrudes elementary schools by repairing/updating aging classrooms; keeping schools safe and clean; providing upto- date learning technology for 21st century education; repairing leaky roofs/windows; removing asbestos, lead, other hazardous materials; and renovating, constructing, and equipping classrooms/facilities/sites; shall Los Nietos School District issue $15,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, requiring strict accountability, Independent Citizens' Oversight, annual audits, with no fund for administrator salaries or pensions?
Funds received from the sale of the bonds shall be applied to various capital improvements to Aeolian Elementary School, Ada S. Nelson Elementary School, and Rancho Santa Gertrudes Elementary School for the specific purposes set forth in the Measure, including but not limited to, repairing roofs, windows, and doors; improving existing infrastructure such as water pipes, sewer connections, and electrical conduits and wiring; improving fencing, lighting, and security; removing asbestos, lead and other hazardous materials; upgrading classroom heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, improving school support areas and classrooms, renovating restrooms; upgrading electrical and wireless infrastructure to improve student access to technology and computers; repairing broken concrete and uneven play surfaces; improving handicap access to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act; and addressing unforeseen or emergency conditions that may arise during construction/modernization. No funds may be used for teacher or administrator salaries or other school operating expenses.
Independent performance and financial audits will be performed annually to
ensure that bond proceeds have been expended only for the projects on the
Project List. The Board shall appoint an Independent Citizens' Oversight
Committee in accordance with Education Code sections 15278, 15280, and Any bonds issued pursuant to the Education Code shall have a maturity not exceeding twenty five (25) years, and any bonds issued pursuant to the Government Code shall have a maturity not exceeding forty (40) years. According to the District's Tax Rate Statement, the best estimate of the highest tax rate required to fund the bonds, based on the assessed valuations available at the time of the District filing its Tax Rate Statement on the measure, is $30.00 per $100,000 of assessed value of taxable real property on the County's official tax rolls. This Measure requires a fifty-five percent (55%) vote for passage.
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