Elementary district focus on need for capital funds
CASA GRANDE — It may be hard convincing voters to approve a $44 million bond issue after Arizona just began distributing millions of additional education dollars throughout a state proposition.
That’s the predicament Casa Grande Elementary School District finds itself in after the district’s Governing Board called for a bond election last month in order to raise funds for capital expenses. This came about a month after the state passed Proposition 123, the initiative that plans to inject $3.5 billion into K-12 education over a decade.
CGESD now has to make the argument why the $44 million bond it’s putting before voters in November is needed despite receiving about $1.4 million in extra Prop. 123 money each year.
The district’s Governing Board recently approved information that will be printed in voter pamphlets later this year, which spells out the board’s argument for calling the bond election.
