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Measure G Repair/ School Construction/Education Improvement Measure Colton Joint Unified School District Bond Measure - 55% Approval Required Fail: 140 / 53.44% Yes votes ...... 122 / 46.56% No votes
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Results as of December 2 11:01am, 100.00%% of Precincts Reporting (5/5) |
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Shall Colton Unified School District issue $225,000,000 in bonds, at legal rates, requiring citizen oversight, audits and no money for administrators' salaries to reduce overcrowding, improve every neighborhood school, attract quality teachers and qualify for state matching grants, build middle and high schools, improve libraries, science/computer labs, repair restrooms, increase security, after-school program and joint-use space, drop-off zone safety, and acquire, construct, repair equipment/sites/facilities?
If this measure passes, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors will be required to annually levy a tax upon the property in the District sufficient to pay the principal and interest on any outstanding bonds of the District as the principal and interest becomes due. This tax will be in addition to the one percent (1%) property tax provided for under current law. If less than fifty-five percent (55%) of the voters voting on this measure vote yes, the Board of Education of the District will not be authorized to issue and sell the $225,000,000 of bonds set forth in the measure. This measure will not have any effect on existing law. The above statement is an impartial analysis of Measure "G". If you desire a copy of the measure, please call the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters at (909) 387-2083 or the Colton Joint Unified School District at (909) 580-5000 and a copy will be mailed at no cost to you. If Measure "G" is approved, the Board of Education of the Colton Joint Unified School District will appoint a citizens' oversight committee and conduct annual independent audits to assure that bond funds are spent only on the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement of school facilities, including the furnishing and equipping of school facilities, or the acquisition or lease of real property for school facilities, and for no other purposes.
By: RUTH E. STRINGER
DANIEL B. HAUETER
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Arguments For Measure G |
Your YES vote on Measure "G" repairs, improves, and builds more schools to reduce overcrowding and attract quality teachers in every community and every school in the Colton Joint Unified School District. EVERY school benefits.
Did you know the number of students attending our high schools has increased 64% since 1994? Classrooms are over-crowded and need to be upgraded and properly equipped. Many of our schools were built in the 1960's -- YES on Measure "G" makes improvements to classrooms, reading, science/computer labs, and libraries -- ensuring students have the learning resources they need. Yes on Measure "G" attracts and retains the EXCELLENT TEACHERS our students need and deserve, by improving our classrooms and learning tools. Yes on Measure "G" builds new schools, including a fourth high school, and fully completes those already in progress. Yes on Measure "G" makes our schools safer. Overcrowded schools increase the potential for student violence making it difficult to evacuate schools during an emergency and protect our students. Yes on Measure "G" replaces outdated restrooms, plumbing/sewer systems, decaying walls, doors and windows, brings schools to handicap accessibility requirements, and installs energy efficient systems to reduce costs and put more money into the classroom. Experts agree that kids need physical education programs to stay out of trouble, focus, perform well in school and prevent childhood obesity. Yes on Measure "G" funds the essential projects for physical education programs so important for student health and academic performance. Excellent schools keep property values strong, neighborhoods safe, and keep children out of trouble. Yes on Measure "G" ensures quality schools to serve every neighborhood and child. Yes on Measure "G" ensures fiscal accountability, including independent annual audits, Independent Citizens Oversight to ensure money is spent as promised, and NO money for administrators' salaries. Join teachers, principals, and parents - Vote YES on Measure "G". By: Allen R. O'Neil, Teacher / Counselor Joda Murphy, Principal Lynn Hooker, Commissioner Bloomington JAAF Laura Henderson, Colton Parent Casey Cridelich, Asst Supt Bus Svcs
(No arguments against Measure G were submitted) |
Tax Rate Statement |
An election will be held in Colton Joint Unified School District ("District") on November 4, 2008, for the purpose of submitting to the electors of the District the question of incurring a bonded indebtedness of the District in a principal amount of $225.0 million ("Bonds"). If such Bonds are authorized and sold, the principal thereof and interest thereon will be payable from the proceeds of tax levies made upon the taxable property in the District. The following information regarding tax rates is given to comply with Section 9401 of the California Elections Code. Such information is based upon the best estimates and projections presently available from official sources, upon experience within the District, and other demonstrable factors.
Based upon the foregoing and projections of the District's assessed valuation, and assuming the entire debt service will be paid through property taxation:
1. The best estimate of the tax which would be required to be levied to fund the Bonds during the first fiscal year after the sale of the first series of Bonds based on estimated assessed valuations available at the time of filing of this statement is $39.94 per $100,000 of assessed valuation for the year 2009-10.
2. The best estimate from official sources of the tax which would be required to be levied to fund the Bonds during the first fiscal year after the last sale of the bonds and an estimate of the year in which that tax will apply, based on estimated assessed valuations available at the time of filing of this statement, is $39.97 per $100,000 of assessed valuation for the year 2018-19.
3. The best estimate of the highest tax which would be required to be levied to fund the Bonds and an estimate of the first year in which that tax will apply, based on estimated assessed valuation available at the time of filing of this statement, is $40.00 per $100,000 of assessed valuation for the year 2033-34. Attention to all voters is directed to the fact that the foregoinginformation is based upon projections and estimates only. The actual times of sales of said Bonds and the amount sold at any given time will be governed by the needs of the District and other factors. The actual interest rates at which the Bonds will be sold, which in any event will not exceed the maximum permitted by law, will depend upon the bond market at the time of sales. The actual assessed values in the future years will depend upon the value of property within the District as determined in the assessment and the equalization process. Hence, the actual tax rates and the years in which such rates are applicable may vary from those presently estimated as above stated.
Superintendent
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Full Text of Measure G | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
To Address Growth in our Communities and Reduce Overcrowding Goal and Purpose: To reduce the severe and unsafe overcrowding at some neighborhood schools, allow teachers and principals to better monitor students, identify at-risk students, instill discipline and to reduce the risk of violence and injury in the event of emergency evacuation, some schools would benefit from the construction and expansion of classrooms and educational support spaces and additional earthquake and accessibility code compliant facilities, such as:
Goal and Purpose: All schools will benefit from the renovation, repair, upgrade and replacement of aging school campuses, restrooms, reading, computer and science labs, classrooms, vocational education training sites, student drop-off and pick-up zones, and equipment, to ensure compliance with handicap accessibility requirements and that student and teachers have the resources they need to excel and be prepared for college and the real world when they graduate:
Goal and Purpose: To upgrade computer technology and bring our schools up-to-date current teaching and learning tools:
Energy Efficiency School Projects Goal and Purpose: To ensure that the learning process is not interrupted by gangs and drugs or juvenile crime, to maintain healthy students and improve daily attendance, and to help attract and retain excellent teachers, schools and school sites will benefit from a variety of health and safety projects, such as:
NO ADMINISTRATOR SALARIES. PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THE BONDS AUTHORIZED BY THIS PROPOSITION SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OR REPLACEMENT OF SCHOOL FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOL FACILITIES, AND NOT FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE, INCLUDING TEACHER AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR SALARIES AND OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES. FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY. THE EXPENDITURE OF BOND MONEY ON THESE PROJECTS IS SUBJECT TO STRINGENT FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENTS. BY LAW, PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL AUDITS WILL BE PERFORMED ANNUALLY, AND ALL BOND EXPENDITURES WILL BE MONITORED BY AN INDEPENDENT CITIZENS' OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO ENSURE THAT FUNDS ARE SPENT AS PROMISED AND SPECIFIED. THE CITIZENS' OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MUST INCLUDE, AMONG OTHERS, REPRESENTATION OF A BONA FIDE TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION, A BUSINESS ORGANIZATION AND A SENIOR CITIZENS ORGANIZATION. NO DISTRICT EMPLOYEES OR VENDORS ARE ALLOWED TO SERVE ON THE CITIZENS' OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. |