$295.1M bond looks to fund facility improvements From the cover
The overview
SCUCISD bond breakdown
Total cost: $295.11M
Prop C Prop B
Prop A
Since late 2024, district staff and committees have been consolidating a list of infrastructure needs for facilities, featuring more than $500 million in identified needs. Beginning in September, members of the Community Advisory Committee, or CAC, have presented bond recommendations to the board of trustees. CAC is a committee made up of parents, community members and district representatives for each high school feeder zone. Using recommendations from CAC, trustees narrowed the projects down to a total cost of just over $295 million. Chief Operations Officer JD Mosley said the committee also considered enrollment projections, campus capacity and how well facilities currently support student programs. Because not all identified projects could be included in a single bond, they were prioritized based on condition and timing, impact, and available bond capacity as part of the district’s long-range planning process. Proposition A is the largest proposition in the bond, covering facility improvements. If approved by voters, Mosley said elementary and intermediate schools will receive new play areas, including equipment, turf fall areas and shade structures. Steele High School will see renovations to Career and Technical Education, or CTE, and Fine Arts areas. Samuel Clemens High School will receive safety and security upgrades, including a new student parking lot and an expanded cafeteria to increase indoor seating capacity. Clemens will also see the renovation and replacement of the physical education buildings. The largest project in Proposition B is the $50 million expansion to Lehnhoff Stadium. Other needs for the stadium include more separation
Proposition A: $230.74M
1 Mechanical system replacements: $50.2M 2 Clemens Physical Education Building: $31.07M 3 Steele CTE renovation and additions: $19.51M 4 Steele Fine Arts renovation and additions: $17.85M 5 Safety and security improvements: $15.54M 6 Building envelope/roofing replacements: $14.36M 7 Dobie campus refresh: $11.06M 8 Fire alarm system replacements: $10M 9 Bond contingency: $10M 10 Play areas: $8.32M 11 Transportation replacements: $8M 12 Clemens cafeteria expansion: $7.95M 13 Learning environment equipment: $7.4M 14 Toby Conner improvements: $6.09M 15 Learning environment improvements: $4.38M 16 Paving repairs: $4M 17 Technology infrastructure: $3.78M 18 Plumbing/drainage improvements: $1.23M
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Proposition B: $55.3M
Proposition C: $9.07M
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1 Lehnhoff Stadium: $51.06M 2 Corbett Junior High turf: $2.7M 3 Steele/Clemens turf: $1.54M
The replacement of student and staff computers, iPads, and Chromebooks to meet district replacement cycles of four to six years.
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Scott Lehnhoff said the stadium needs increased seating capacity. Lehnhoff told trustees the stadium holds around 6,500 attendees and cannot accommodate both district teams.
between spectators, participants and officials; added security fencing; and turf replacement and installation. This project has been identified as a need since October 2024. In March 2025, Athletic Director
SCUCISD tax rate
The impact
The FY 2026-27 tax rate is not expected to increase if the bond is approved. The M&O rate covers general expenses, while the I&S rate pays district debt.
$165 million in the summer, $65 million in 2027 and $65 million in 2028. The actual issuances are subject to change based on the finalized project timelines and bond market interest rates, Moy said. For the projects that were not included in the 2026 bond package, Moy said, as the district pays debt off and property values increase, the debt capacity will increase, allowing the district to consider future funding opportunities for proj- ects. Mosley said the district is not anticipating future bonds or debt until the completion of the 2026 bond projects.
Moy said the bond proposal is not anticipated to increase the 2026-27 tax rate, despite being called a tax rate increase on the ballot. “While there are several factors that can influ- ence the interest and sinking [I&S] tax rate—such as changes in property values, market conditions, when bonds are issued and legislative changes to tax exemptions—the district’s intent is to keep the rate at or below the 47 cents level that was in place from 2021–22 through 2024–25,” Moy said. The bond funds, contingent on voter approval, would be issued as needed, Moy said. The assumption is that the district will issue
Maintenance and operations
Interest and sinking
2020-21 Fiscal year
$0.9509 $0.45974 $0.8995 $0.47
2024-25 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2025-26
$0.8546
$0.47
$0.6692
$0.47 $0.47
$0.6669 $0.6669
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