Californians approve $3.7 billion in school bond propositions on November 2 ballot
November 30, 2010
On November 2, voters in 63 school districts in California weighed in on over $4 billion in proposed school district bond measures.
46 of the 63 school district bond propositions were approved, totalling approximately $3.8 billion in bond approvals.
| November 2 California school bond election results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status | Number | Dollars | District % | Dollar % |
 Approved
|
46 | $3,728,200,000 | 73% | 88.64% |
 Defeated
|
17 | $478,000,000 | 27% | 11.36% |
| Totals: | 63 | $4,206,200,000 | 100% | 100% |
On June 8, voters weighed in on 20 school bond measures, ultimately approving 75% of them. In California, a school bond proposal must attain a 55 percent supermajority vote to be approved.
The 63 school bond measures on the November ballot were in addition to 18 school parcel tax requests. Only 2 of the parcel tax requests were approved.
| November 2 California school parcel tax election results | ||
|---|---|---|
| Status | Number | % |
| Approved
|
2 | 11.1% |
| Defeated
|
16 | 88.9% |
| Totals: | 18 | 100% |
Two years ago, on November 4, 2008, 96 school districts had bond measures on the ballot, requesting over $22.5 billion. The total of 63 school bond measures on the November 2010 ballot is about 60% of the number on the November 2008 ballot, but the total amount requested in 2010 is only about 18% of the $22 billion that was requested in 2008. More than 90% of the November 2008 requests were approved.
The 73% approval percentage of the November 2, 2010 school bond propositions represents a significant decline from the November 2008 approval percentage of over 90%.
See also
- California school district bond elections in 2010
- School bond elections in California
- California school district bond elections, November 2008
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