2024 Bond Measure

Clovis Unified School District Governing Board members have voted to place a $400 million facility bond on the November 2024 ballot for voters to decide whether to fund school facility needs in Clovis Unified.

The Bond Measure Asks:

With no estimated increase to current tax rates, no money for administrators’ salaries, and all funds staying local, shall Clovis Unified School District’s measure to maintain neighborhood schools, upgrade security/health measures and avoid overcrowding by: building, modernizing, and repairing school and career/vocational facilities be adopted, authorizing $400 million in bonds at legal interest rates, levies averaging less than 5¢/$100 assessed value (which will extend the current tax rate and not increase it), raising $32 million annually for bonds through maturity, with independent audits and citizens’ oversight?

Read Full Text of Bond Measure

Read the full text of the bond measure here.

What is the Question for Voters?

Are residents willing to continue the existing tax rate to provide money to maintain and build schools, and improve school safety in Clovis Unified?

Fact: The November 2024 bond measure would not raise the existing tax rate. It would simply extend the current rate paid by residents since 2012.

The tax rate is $155 per $100,000 of assessed value.
Our rate is the same today as it has been since 2012. That’s lower than any other time in the history of the District, and lower than Fresno, Central and Sanger Unified school districts.

What Happens if the Bond Measure Passes?

If passed, this bond measure would provide otherwise unavailable funds to:

Update and modernize old schools
Complete the final phases of Clovis South High School
Improve school safety and energy efficiency features on ALL campuses in Clovis Unified

Fact: Without this bond measure, the ability to build new schools to keep pace with a growing community, maintain existing schools and modernize older schools (some of which date to the 1940s) would slow to an almost stop.

How Will the Dollars Be Used?

The Citizens Committee to Study Capital Facility Needs determined a need for $550 million in facility work. The bond will ask for $400 million of facilities projects that would include:

New Schools/Facilities
New Elementary Design
Complete the final phases of Clovis South High School
Miscellaneous New Construction
Improve/Repair/Safety
Modernization
Building Infrastructure
Energy Upgrades
Safety Upgrades
Technology

For the full list and priorities, see the Citizens Committee Board Report (linked below), Pages 9 and 10.

Resources

Citizens Committee Report: June 12, 2024

A Citizens Committee to Study Capital Facility Needs was formed to inventory and research Clovis Unified's facility needs for its 53 campuses and business offices. The 40-member group of volunteers met for six months and presented their findings and recommendations to the Governing Board in June. See below for Committee Chairperson Todd Cook's recommendation to the Board. To view the full report of the Committee, see "Citizens Committee Board Report 6-12-24."

Resources

Impact of Facility Bonds

To learn more about how past facility bonds have been used in your neighborhood schools, use the school menu at the bottom of the page to select a school, then find the "Impact of Facility Bonds" page in the "About" menu section.