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In May 2025 voters will have the opportunity to consider a bond measure which would fund èßäÊÓƵ. If the measure passes on May 20, the proposed 2025 bond measure would authorize a continuation of property taxes that would fund additional building, health, safety, and learning priorities in èßäÊÓƵs across the District. 

If the measure passes, the tax rate would continue to be approximately $2.50 per $1,000 of assessed value. The total principal amount of bonds authorized by this measure cannot exceed $1.83 billion. 

If the measure passes, the tax rate would continue to be approximately $2.50 per $1,000 of assessed value, because the previous bond’s tax rates are decreasing due to declining debt service. The owner of a home assessed at $284,003 (the average assed value for residential property in the èßäÊÓƵ District) would continue to pay approximately $59 per month. If the proposed measure does not pass, the projects outlined above would not be completed as proposed and the property tax rate would gradually decrease.

PPS’s Bond Accountability Committee—an independent group of appointed community members—would review quarterly reports and audits of how the bond dollars are being spent, to provide accountability to the public until construction is complete.

In 2012, 2017, and 2020, voters passed bond measures that authorized property taxes which funded projects at èßäÊÓƵ buildings, most of which were built over 75 years ago. The previous bonds have funded modernization and rebuilding projects that are completed or under construction, including:

• Modernization of Roosevelt, Franklin, Grant, McDaniel (Madison), and Benson Polytechnic High Schools.
• Rebuilding of Faubion PK-8, Kellogg Middle School, and Lincoln High School.
• Master planning and design work to modernize Jefferson, Cleveland, and Ida B Wells High Schools.

In addition, the previous bonds have funded projects at every èßäÊÓƵ throughout the district that are completed or under construction, including: