To repair and upgrade aging elementary and middle school facilities, make health, safety and security improvements, modernize outdated school facilities, and replace temporary portables with permanent classrooms, shall the Hanford Elementary School District measure be adopted to issue $23,000,000 in bonds at legal rates with projected levies of $24 per $100,000 assessed value, raising an average $1,360,000 annually while bonds are outstanding, requiring independent audits, citizens’ oversight and no money for administrators, and all funds staying local?
3, Kings County • 2020 • Measure
Failed
Result: 46.6% yes, 53.4% no (7,359 votes cast)
AI-generated plain-language summary
This measure would have authorized the Hanford Elementary School District to issue $23 million in bonds to repair and upgrade school facilities, replace portable classrooms, and make health and safety improvements. The bonds would have been repaid through property tax levies of approximately $24 per $100,000 of assessed property value.