Prairie View High School students and staff sign a steel beam for the school’s new STEM and Career and Technical Education Center.
Thank you, voters!
Our neighbors and parents BELIEVE in the power of STEM/Career and Technical Education. They put their belief into action by voting “Yes!” on our 2021 school bond issue.
In November 2021, 27J voters approved a $515 million dollar bond to build, renovate and address maintenance needs in our fast-growing school community.
The 2021 Bond funds a STEM and Career & Technical Education center at each high school so students are on a path to a well-paid career.
The program also builds new elementary, middle and high schools and support facilities to relieve overcrowding throughout the district. Additional investment will address needed safety and security upgrades, technology infrastructure improvements, provides resources to address needed deferred maintenance projects that protect the community’s school investment, and builds a transportation facility on the north end of the district.
The program includes capital investments for our charter school partners.
2021 Bond – Ballot Language
WITH NO EXPECTED INCREASE IN THE DISTRICT’S CURRENT BOND MILL LEVY OF 22.069 MILLS, SHALL SCHOOL DISTRICT 27J DEBT BE INCREASED $515 MILLION, WITH A MAXIMUM TOTAL REPAYMENT COST OF NOT MORE THAN $997 MILLION, AND SHALL THE DISTRICT BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT TAXES SUFFICIENT TO PAY PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH DEBT BUT NOT EXCEEDING $58 MILLION ANNUALLY FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PURPOSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
- ACQUIRE, CONSTRUCT AND EQUIP NEEDED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND A COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL TO ADDRESS OVERCROWDING CAUSED BY GROWTH IN THE COMMUNITY
- CONSTRUCT AND EQUIP FACILITIES AT ALL OF THE DISTRICT’S COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS TO DELIVER ENHANCED SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH (STEM) CURRICULUM AND INNOVATIVE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION (CTE) PROGRAMMING TO ADDRESS CURRENT AND FUTURE WORK FORCE NEEDS
- INVEST IN CAPITAL FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT SCHOOLS INCLUDING DISTRICT AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOLS
PROVIDED THAT THE EXPENDITURE OF BOND PROCEEDS WILL BE MONITORED BY A BOARD OF EDUCATION APPOINTED OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE OF RESIDENTS; SUCH DEBT TO BE EVIDENCED BY THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH SHALL BEAR INTEREST, MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION, WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM OF NOT TO EXCEED 3%, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND SOLD AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES, AT SUCH PRICES (AT ABOVE OR BELOW PAR) AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS, NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE DISTRICT MAY DETERMINE; AND SHALL AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES BE LEVIED IN ANY YEAR AT A MILL LEVY SUFFICIENT IN EACH YEAR TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH DEBT AND ANY REFUNDING DEBT WHEN DUE AND TO FUND A RESERVE FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF PROVIDED THAT ANY REVENUE PRODUCED BY THIS MILL LEVY SHALL NOT EXCEED $58 MILLION ANNUALLY?