Round Rock ISD trustees approved a charter for its 2017 citizen bond committee Tuesday, an initial step toward placing a bond on the ballot next year. Trustees have a Feb. 17 deadline to call for a bond election, which would take place May 6. In RRISD’s last bond package in 2014, voters approved $299 million toward improvements at McNeil and Westwood high schools as well as new auditoriums at Cedar Ridge and Stony Point high schools. The 2014 bond package is also paying for the new Joe Lee Johnson Elementary School and the future Pearson Ranch Middle School, scheduled to open in August 2017. Funding for several capital projects could be part of a potential 2017 bond package, including a proposal to build an indoor aquatics facility and RRISD’s High School No. 6 near Pearson Ranch Road. Citizens bond committees are created to allow public input on projects and programs that would be included in a bond proposal. Here are five things to know about RRISD’s 2017 citizens bond committee: 1. The committee could begin holding meetings in October, with public forums planned for November, according to a proposed bond timeline. A final draft of the bond proposal would be presented to trustees before the end of 2016. 2. RRISD’s 2017 citizen bond committee will have four subcommittees, which will concentrate on areas of safety, innovation, growth and finance. 3. There will also be a fifth advisory committee that will organize a final recommendation on a 2017 bond package. The advisory committee will consist of subcommittee chairpersons, RRISD Superintendent Steve Flores and members of the superintendent's executive leadership team. The board of trustees decided Tuesday to not appoint trustees to the advisory committee. 4. RRISD will use its website to seek community members, students, teachers and district staff interested in serving on the committee. Trustees will appoint subcommittee chairpersons. 5. Citizen bond committees serve advisory roles in bond packages. Trustees decide what ultimately goes on the ballot.