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New Jersey Bond Results

Oct. 10, 2012

Data from the New Jersey School Boards Association

Data from the New Jersey School Boards Association show that in the recent years, fewer districts are putting proposals before voters, and when school bond requests appear on ballots, voters have been less likely to approve them.

	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001
# of elections	24	34	66	50	49	52	89	71	93	102	67
# of bond proposals approved	12	17	48	31	31	32	53	48	73	72	50
% of approvals	50%	50%	72.7%	62%	63.3%	61.5%	59.6%	67.6%	78.5	70.5%	74.6%