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John Swett Unified School District Bond Issue, Measure M (November 2014)
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A John Swett Unified School District Bond Issue, Measure M ballot question was on the November 4, 2014 election ballot for voters in the John Swett Unified School District Contra Costa County, California. It was defeated.
If approved, Measure M would have authorized the district to increase its debt by $52 million through issuing general obligation bonds in that amount.[1]
District voters authorized a $20 million dollar bond issue in 2008 by approving Measure A.
They twice rejected a $96 per year parcel tax, once in November 2010 and once in May 2011.
A 55 percent supermajority vote was required for the approval of Measure M.
Election results
| John Swett USD Measure M | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 1,442 | 46.09% | ||
| Yes | 1,687 | 53.91% | ||
Election results via: Contra Costa County Elections Office
Text of measure
Ballot question
The question on the ballot:[1]
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To bring educational facilities and classrooms up to current earthquake safety standards; increase student access to classroom technology and science labs; improve vocational education facilities; complete John Swett High School renovations; and construct a new middle school: shall John Swett Unified School District be authorized to issue $52,000,000 of bonds at rates below legal limits, with oversight and audits, no money for administrator salaries, and all funds spent locally and not taken by the State and spent elsewhere?[2] |
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Related measures
- John Swett Unified School District bond proposition, Measure A (November 2008)
- John Swett Unified School District parcel tax, Measure J (November 2010)
- John Swett Unified School District parcel tax, Measure A (May 2011)
See also
- Local school bonds on the ballot
- School bond elections in California
- Contra Costa County, California ballot measures
- November 4, 2014 ballot measures in California
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Contra Costa County Elections Office, "November 4, 2014, ballot measure information," archived September 19, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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