Approval rates of local school bond and tax elections in 2010, July-December

See also: Approval rates of local school bond and tax elections in 2010 (PART 1)

This page lists the statistics for school bond, tax and budget votes held in the second half of 2010 in the states of Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin.

School Bond Votes

2010 Local Ballot Measures
Election dates
Measures on the ballot
School bond & tax approval rates (Part 1) • (Part 2)
Local measure analysis

No state had a significant amount of school bonds held in the second half of the year, though Wisconsin had the most with 18, 56 percent of them being approved. Ohio held 14 bond votes and had all of them defeated. Michigan had 19 bond votes, with a 68 percent approval, Arizona had 15 with a 73 percent approval. Washington and Illinois both had more defeated than approved, with Washington having 1 of 7 approved, a 14 percent approval and Illinois having 3 of 7 approved, a 43 percent approval.

State	Approved	Defeated	% approved
Arizona	11	4	73%
Colorado	4	3	57%
Illinois	3	4	43%
Michigan	13	6	68%
Missouri	6	1	86%
Ohio	0	14	0%
Oregon	0	3	0%
Washington	1	6	14%
Wisconsin	10	8	56%
Totals:	48	49	49.5%

School Property Tax

Ohio had by far the largest amount of school tax votes held in the second half of the year, most of the occurring during the November election. Though even with the large amount of votes, barely half were approved and many of those were repeat tries from school districts trying to get measures passed for the third or fourth time. Michigan had the next highest with 43 measures. They had a higher approval rating though, 70 percent. Colorado, Florida and Washington then had the next largest amount of measures held, all with fairly high approval ratings. Missouri was the only state with a approval rating below 50 percent.

State	Approved	Defeated	% approved
Arizona	2	0	100%
Colorado	10	3	77%
Florida	15	9	63%
Illinois	2	2	50%
Michigan	30	13	70%
Missouri	3	4	43%
Ohio	89	84	51%
Oregon	4	1	80%
Washington	12	3	80%
Wisconsin	1	0	100%
Totals:	168	119	58.5%

School Budget

Only Arizona and Wisconsin had elections covered by the site in regards to school budgets. These measures had asked residents to allow for budget overrides, would allow for the school districts to go over the state set limits.

State	Approved	Defeated	% approved
Arizona	15	22	41%
Wisconsin	15	24	38%
Totals:	30	46	39.5%

School Income Tax

Only Ohio had the option to have a sales tax benefit just their schools, though a majority of the proposed measures were defeated.

State	Approved	Defeated	% approved
Ohio	16	20	44%

Totals

State	Approved	Defeated	% approved
Arizona	28	26	52%
Colorado	14	6	70%
Florida	15	9	63%
Illinois	5	8	38%
Michigan	43	19	69%
Missouri	9	5	64%
Ohio	105	118	47%
Oregon	4	4	50%
Washington	13	9	59%
Wisconsin	26	32	45%
Totals:	262	236	52.6%

See also

• Part 1 - Approval rates of local school bond and tax elections in 2010
• School bond and tax elections in 2010
• State-by-state comparison of school bond and tax laws
• Where to find information about local school bond and tax elections