Measure D authorizes the Sacramento City Unified School District to issue and sell bonds of up to $543,000,000 in order to expand Science,Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) classrooms; replace leaky roofs; and upgrade school security. Property tax will be collected on properties in the district in order to pay principal and interest on the bonds.
District voters have previously approved bond authorizations in 2012 and 2020, the combined tax rate associated with these prior authorizations averaged $120 per $100,000 of assessed value (not market value) of taxable property. Though bond funding has made a significant impact, our local schools still have urgent needs that reach beyond the scope of the District’s annual operating budget, such that passing this bond measure provides a guaranteed and necessary source of local funding to maintain and improve the community’s local school facilities.
Measure D will provide funds for technology, infrastructure, performing arts center, HVAC, and landscape improvements at 9 school facilities across the district. Funding will support the district in upgrading, installing, and expanding district-wide technology including computers, tablets, peripheral hardware, software, classroom technology tools, data backup systems, remote learning software, internet, wi-fi, network connections and infrastructure, and other equipment conducive to a modern learning environment.
In order to finance the principal and interest on the bonds, property tax of approximately $34.96 per $100,000 of assessed valuation will be levied on properties in the district through 2052-53 FY.
Source: Impartial Analysis of Measure D