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30-Second Summary Levy Rates Don’t Tell the Whole Story: School bond campaigns often highlight levy rates to suggest affordability, but that figure alone doesn’t reveal how districts spend—or the true cost to taxpayers and students. Per-Pupil Spending Reveals More: Looking at districtwide per-student expenditures provides a clearer picture of financial…
Regular attendance is one of the most important predictors of student success. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw firsthand how inconsistent attendance undermined learning, lowered test scores, and set back student achievement across the country. Chronic absenteeism is defined as missing 10% or more of scheduled school days or instructional…
Photo from atlantic-bond.org 30-Second Summary: Sports or Classrooms: The Atlantic CSD plans to spend $18.5 million in future SAVE (sales-tax) funds on a new athletic facility while asking voters to approve a $22.5 million property-tax-funded bond for classroom and safety upgrades. Taxpayer Impact: Using SAVE for sports instead of classrooms…
30-Second Summary: Borrowing Amid High Interest Rates: Despite today’s elevated borrowing costs, Iowa voters face 56 bond proposals totaling over $1.7 billion this November—including 19 repeat requests from local governments that are coming back after recent defeats. When Bonds Are Justified vs. Misused: While bonds can be appropriate for urgent or essential…
