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    Voter-approved borrowing provides funding to build and renovate educational facilities

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    Fort Bend (Texas) district says its bond projects are $133 million over budget

    Feb. 7, 2024
    Voters approved a $1.2 billion package in May 2023, but administrators now say its cost projections exceed that by $133 million.
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    Largest approved school district bond issues in Texas, 2023

    Dec. 21, 2023
    10 districts in Texas won voter approval in 2023 for bond requests exceeding $1 billion.
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    Charlotte-Mecklenburg (North Carolina) district wins approval of $2.5 billion bond request

    Nov. 8, 2023
    The proposal is the largest ever for a North Carolina school district.
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    Voters in 5 Texas school districts give OK to billion-dollar bond requests

    Nov. 8, 2023
    Each of the Prosper, Conroe, Aldine, Midland and Lewisville districts has won approval of facility proposals surpassing $1 billion.
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    Billion dollar bond requests in Texas

    Nov. 6, 2023
    5 Texas districts are asking voters Tuesday to approve bond requests that exceed $1 billion.
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    $2.5 billion bond proposal for Charlotte-Mecklenburg (North Carolina) district on November ballot

    Aug. 3, 2023
    The bond funds would be used to construct up to 30 schools.
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    Voters in Texas approve billions of dollars for school construction

    May 10, 2023
    The bond packages approved in 3 districts--Northwest, Fort Bend, and Crowley--each exceed $1 billion.
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    Fort Bend (Texas) district has $1.26 billion bond request on May ballot

    April 4, 2023
    The proposal includes $222.9 million to rebuild Clements High School.
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    Charlotte-Mecklenburg (N.C.) school board moves forward with $3 billion bond proposal

    March 1, 2023
    The board has approved a plan to put the bond issue before voters in November, but it must first be approved by Mecklenburg County commissioners.