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Dallas ISD district officials presented the preliminary 2026 bond plan Thursday, Dec. 18 with a proposed $6.2 billion bond and $0.01 property tax increase.
If passed, the 2026 bond would top the record-setting 2020 bond which approved $3.5 billion out of the $3.7 billion requested, according to KERA.
Next year’s bond priorities break down into Proposition A through Proposition D.
Prop A would eliminate the need for portable classrooms and include renovations or campus replacements, additional security technology, new buses, sustainability equipment, conduct a land use study for the district’s vacant land, and structural improvements to athletic facilities and fields. Prop D also improves athletics with an upgrade and renovation to aging swimming pools of the natatorium for $26 million.
Prop B focuses on technology upgrades for $144 million and Prop C would provide $143 million to fund the district’s debt service.
In Prop A’s total $5.9 billion, a majority would go toward district-wide renovations and replacements.
Of the 26 schools listed to potentially receive new campuses, five were included for Oak Cliff students. Those schools are Cedar Crest Elementary School, John F. Peeler Elementary, Stevens Park Elementary, Dr. Frederick Douglass Todd Sr. Middle School / Whitney M. Young Jr. Elementary and Winnetka Elementary.
Trustees will meet again in January to finalize the bond proposal.