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Salt Lake City School District, Utah, Bond Issue (November 2024)
| Salt Lake City School District School District Bond Measure | |
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| Topic Local school bonds |
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Salt Lake City School District School District Bond Measure was on the ballot as a referral in Salt Lake City School District on November 5, 2024. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing the Salt Lake City School District to issue $730 million in general obligation bonds to rebuild West High School and Highland High School, build a field house at East High School, and fund energy sustainability projects in the district. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing the Salt Lake City School District to issue $730 million in general obligation bonds to rebuild West High School and Highland High School, build a field house at East High School, and fund energy sustainability projects in the district. |
A simple majority was required for the approval of the measure.
Election results
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45,961 | 61.06% | ||
| No | 29,307 | 38.94% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for School District Bond Measure was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Board of Education of Salt Lake City School District, Utah, be authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $730,000,000 and to mature in no more than twenty-one (21) years from the date or dates of issuance of such bonds for the purpose of raising money for constructing and acquiring buildings and furnishings and remodeling and updating existing school property, under the charge of the Board, and, to the extent necessary, for providing moneys for the refunding, at or prior to the maturity thereof, of general obligation bonds of the Board authorized hereunder or heretofore issued and now outstanding? | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
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PROPERTY TAX COST OF BONDS If the bonds are issued as planned (which currently consists of 5 smaller issues of bonds totally approximately $730,000,000 over the next 5 years, with each issue of bonds maturing approximately 20 years from the date it is issued), without regard to the taxes currently levied to pay outstanding bonds that will decrease over time, an annual property tax to pay debt service on the proposed bonds will be required over a period of 25 years in the estimated amount of $220.80 per year on a primary residence with the District average value of $576,000 and in the estimated amount of $401.46 per year on a business or secondary residence having the same value, which is equal to $18.40 per month on the primary residence and $33.45 per month on a business or secondary residence. The Board currently levies property taxes to pay debt service on other outstanding general obligation bonds that have been issued to finance voter approved projects. The incremental property taxes would decrease upon the repayment of the currently outstanding bonds, but the decrease will not occur if the proposed bonds are issued. Taking into account the repayment of the outstanding bonds, the Board expects that the issuance of the proposed bonds, in the manner currently expected, will result in an estimated tax increase in the amount of approximately $205.42 per year on a primary residence with the District average value of $576,000 and of approximately $373.49 per year on a business or secondary residence having the same value, which is equal to $17.12 per month on the primary residence and $31.12 per month on a business or secondary residence. The foregoing is only an estimate and is not a limit on the amount of taxes that the governing body may be required to levy in order to pay debt service on the bonds. The governing body is obligated to levy taxes to the extent provided by law in order to pay the bonds | ” |
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing body of Salt Lake City School District.
How to cast a vote
- See also: Voting in Utah
See below to learn more about current voter registration rules, identification requirements, and poll times in Utah.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Utah State Legislature, “Utah Code 20A-1-302. Opening and closing of polls on election day.” accessed May 13, 2025
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Utah State Legislature, “Utah Code 20A-2-101. Eligibility for registration.” accessed May 13, 2025
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Utah Lieutenant Governor, “Welcome to the Utah Voter Registration Website,” accessed May 13, 2025
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Utah State Legislature, “20A-2-207. Registration by provisional ballot.” accessed May 13, 2025
- ↑ NCSL, "State Profiles: Elections," accessed May 13, 2025
- ↑ Utah State Legislature, “Utah Code 20A-2-401. Fraudulent registration -- Penalty.” accessed May 13, 2025
- ↑ Under federal law, the national mail voter registration application (a version of which is in use in all states with voter registration systems) requires applicants to indicate that they are U.S. citizens in order to complete an application to vote in state or federal elections, but does not require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the application "may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to prevent duplicate voter registrations and permit State officials both to determine the eligibility of the applicant to vote and to administer the voting process."
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Utah State Legislature, "Utah Code 20A-1-102. Definitions." accessed May 13, 2025
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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