LCISD calls $1.99B bond amid growth From the cover
Breaking down the LCISD bond
The breakdown
Prop A ($1.9B) New facilities and upgrades
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With over half of LCISD campuses expected to reach capacity within the next decade, the bond’s largest component is a $1.9 billion proposal to fund several new schools, including two new elementary schools and three secondary schools in Fulshear. The proposal would also replace several of the district’s oldest campuses. The proposal also seeks to expand Leaman Junior High and Roberts Middle by 325 and 175 seats, respectively, as both schools have already surpassed their capacity as of the 2025-26 school year, per Zonda estimates. Because rising land prices and rapid housing development slow land acquisitions, Nivens said the proposition also aims to create a “land bank” to start construction immediately after future bonds pass, slowing the impact of rising land costs and cutting about four years from project timelines. With two technology-related propositions, Executive Director of Technology Chad Jones said the district needs a 31% increase in the student laptop inventory—adding 11,000 devices over four years—to ensure every student in grades 3-12 has a device amid moves toward online-based learning
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$469M Fulshear area junior, middle and high schools
$469M Replacements for existing campuses
$394M New elementary schools
$169M Land
$165M Roofs and air conditioning
$131M Safety and security
$45M Additions for existing campuses
$40M Vehicles (buses and
$20M Portable buildings
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Prop B ($26.74M) Guy K. Traylor Stadium renovations
Prop C ($44.13M) Technology upgrades Technology equipment refresh Graphic arts updates
Prop D ($10.69M) Student laptops 1:1 student-laptop ratio
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proposition in the 2020, 2022 and 2023 bonds to renovate Traylor Stadium, built in 1965. The stadium repairs would reduce the 10,000-seat capacity to 6,000 seats and improve accessibility through American with Disabilities Act compliance.
and a statewide ban on personal devices in schools. The new devices will also be supported by a staggered replacement plan. Additionally, the bond revisits the previously failed
Looking back
In the past decade, voters have approved about $2.87B in bond-related funds.
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2016
$240.6M Funded four new schools in Fulshear area, facility improvements and athletic and arts upgrades Status: 100% projects complete
$445.5M Funded ve new
$792.5M Funded school construction and technology equipment Status: 99% projects complete
$1.5B Funded 2020 bond gaps, school construction, renovations, CTE building and student technology Status: 54.5% projects complete
$14.88 million Failed with 54.85% of voters against stadium improvements
$1.99B On the ballot
schools, existing campus improvements, technology and athletics upgrades Status: 100% projects complete
NOTE: IN 2020, PROPS B AND C FAILED FOR PRACTICE POOLS AND STADIUM CONSTRUCTION. IN 2022, PROPS D AND E FAILED FOR STADIUM IMPROVEMENTS AND NEW STADIUM CONSTRUCTION.
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