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School Facilities Program
Elections and Education
October 28, 2020

California districts hoping voters will allow them to borrow $13 billion

More than 60 districts throughout California seek as little as $2 million up to $7 billion for school construction, repairs and technology.

Theresa Harrington
School Finance
March 5, 2020

Post-Prop. 13: Why a likely winner may end up California election’s big loser

Several factors — confusion with a more famous 13, tax fatigue, anxiety over the stock market — may have led to the measure’s likely defeat.

John Fensterwald
School Finance
March 3, 2020

California school construction bond is losing

Prop. 13 — unrelated to the better known tax cutting initiative in 1978 — would have helped K-12 districts, community colleges, CSU and UC with the cost of construction projects.

John Fensterwald
Elections and Education
March 3, 2020

California election 2020: Democratic presidential primary and Prop. 13 school construction bond

EdSource will post the presidential primary and Prop. 13 results, by county, using our automated tracker. Check back for results.

EdSource staff
Commentary
February 27, 2020

Opinion: Big school bonds favor Wall Street bond brokers, not California’s school kids

State can use some of the budget surplus, instead of high-interest bond financing, to fund school repairs, state senator says.

Brian Jones
Commentary
February 19, 2020

Opinion: California’s children cannot thrive in dilapidated schools

Statewide bond measure would provide for desperately needed renovation of old school buildings, supporters say.

Bina Lefkovitz and David W. Gordon
Commentary
February 18, 2020

Opinion: Voters should reject this Proposition 13

The $15 billion bond measure is unnecessary and unwise, opponents say.

Jon Coupal
Commentary
January 30, 2020

Voters can help deliver world-class education and thriving communities to students

Ballot measure proponents advocate for a new, ongoing source of funding for state's education priorities.

E. Toby Boyd
Commentary
January 5, 2020

Opinion: California must invest in improving facilities for higher education

California’s public higher education system needs new investments to protect students’ health and safety.

Dick Ackerman and Mel Levine
School Finance
November 19, 2019

Support for school construction bond falls below 50 percent in new poll

If there is confusion over the ballot designation Prop. 13, bond backers say not to worry; the campaign for March measure has yet to begin.

John Fensterwald
Elections and Education
November 7, 2019

For better or worse, school construction bond on March 2020 ballot will be Prop. 13

Backers and opponents of a $15 billion K-12 and college construction bond are wondering if association with infamous Prop. 13 will affect the vote.

John Fensterwald
Tainted Taps: Lead puts California students at risk
September 17, 2019

Removing lead from water would be priority in proposed school construction bond

$150 million for testing, remediation would remove lead in schools statewide but based on a standard that pediatricians say is still hazardous.

John Fensterwald
Podcast
September 13, 2019

Big school bond with reforms, new pitch to presidential candidates

This week: We interview Jeff Vincent, of the Center for Cities + Schools at UC Berkeley, about whether the proposed $15 billion bond measure will solve funding inequities; and we interview Laura Schifter, the policy director of a new coalition, ED2020, whose goal is to persuade presidential candidates.

EdSource staff
School Finance
September 11, 2019

Gov. Newsom, lawmakers strike deal on $15 billion education construction bond

The proposed bond on the March 2020 ballot will include money for K-12 districts, including preschool, community colleges, UC and CSU.

John Fensterwald
Podcast
September 6, 2019

Debating the merits of ranking schools; finding funding to repair them

This week: We interview Michael Kirst, the former president of the State Board of Education, about why adopting a ranking system for district and charter schools can be arbitrary and unhelpful; and we also discuss the possibility of a state construction bond for K-12 and community college facilities on the March 2020 ballot.

EdSource staff