Community Impact Newspaper coverage, including an article on the bond's potential impact on Southwest Austin facilities, is online at www.impactnews.com/topics/2013_austin_isd_bond_package.
More detailed information and school-specific plans are available at www.austinisd.org/bond.
PROPOSITION NO. 1: For health, environment, equipment and technology
The issuance of $140,566,000 school building bonds for the construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, renovation, expansion, improvement and equipment of school buildings in the district, including: science programs, technology systems and equipment, promotion of energy conservation and efficiency, cafeteria and food service facilities, district maintenance and facilities services and the purchase of new school buses, and the levying of the tax in payment thereof.
PROPOSITION NO. 2: For safety and security and relief from overcrowding
The issuance of $232,950,000 school building bonds for the construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, renovation, expansion, improvement and equipment of school buildings in the district, including: three new elementary schools, promotion of safety and security, and expansion, renovation and addition of classrooms, fine arts facilities and athletics facilities, and the purchase of the necessary sites for school buildings, and the levying of the tax in payment thereof.
PROPOSITION NO. 3: For academic and building infrastructure renovations, repairs
The issuance of $349,165,000 school building bonds for the construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, renovation, expansion, improvement and equipment of school buildings in the district, including repair, improve and replace facility systems throughout the district including roofing, plumbing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, electric, flooring, and other building systems; rehabilitation, renovation and improvement of libraries, and traffic safety improvements, and the levying of the tax in payment thereof.
PROPOSITION NO. 4: For academic initiatives, fine arts and athletics
The issuance of $168,564,000 school building bonds for the construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, renovation, expansion, improvement and equipment of school buildings in the district, including career and technology education and development programs, fine arts programs, physical education and athletics programs, special education programs, and a school for young men, and the purchase of new school buses, and the levying of the tax in payment thereof.