Largest school bond proposals approved in California in March 2020

A statewide bond request was unsuccessful, but many local school systems passed their funding requests.
April 7, 2020

California voters rejected a $15 billion school bond proposal in March, but many individual school and community college district were successful in persuading voters to support capital funding requests.

Here are the 10 largest education bond proposals approved in California on March 3.

1          Foothill-De Anza Community College             $898 million

2          City College of San Francisco                          $845 million

3          Sacramento City Unified                                   $750 million

4          Riverside Community College                         $715 million

5          West Contra County                                          $575 million

6          San Mateo Union High                                      $385 million

7          Berkeley Unified                                                  $380 million

8          Fresno Unified                                                     $325 million

9          Chula Vista Elementary                                     $300 million

10        Dublin Unified                                                      $290 million

About the Author

Mike Kennedy

Senior Editor

Mike Kennedy has been writing about education for American School & University since 1999. He also has reported on schools and other topics for The Chicago Tribune, The Kansas City Star, The Kansas City Times and City News Bureau of Chicago. He is a graduate of Michigan State University.

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