Californians will vote on statewide bond in November
election
Gilroy – If a hefty statewide bond passes in November, Gilroy Unified School District will be hitting up the state for some much-needed cash.
“We’re counting on this bond passing so we can apply for new monies for the high school,” Assistant Superintendent Steve Brinkman said.
If passed Proposition 1D, a $10.4 billion bond dubbed the Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2006, will fund public school modernization and new construction projects.
Californians will vote on the measure in November. The bond will be divided into two parts with a $7.3 billion chunk funding K-12 school facilities and the remaining $3.1 billion funding higher education facilities, including community colleges.
In addition to the modernization and new construction projects, the cash will also help alleviate severely overcrowded schools, charter schools, technical facilities and environmentally friendly projects.
Proposition 1D comes on the tail-end of Proposition 47, a two-tiered $25-billion statewide bond measure approved by voters in 2002. That measure was also earmarked for modernizations and upgrades of public school facilities.
In addition to applying for about $30 million for Christopher High School construction, the district also plans to ask for $2 million to fund new portable classrooms and a multi-purpose facility at El Portal charter school.
The district already applied for bond money for the El Portal facilities under Proposition 47, but if Proposition 1D passes they will decline the former and reapply under the new measure, Brinkman said.
