El Campo ISD trustees approve $80.9 million bond election, authorize voter access measures

El Campo Independent School District trustees voted unanimously to place an $80,905,000 school-building bond on the May 2025 ballot and to take steps to run and publicize the election without increasing the district's current tax rate.

The bond measure, which trustees approved during a special meeting, would finance construction, acquisition and equipment for schools in the district. Board members also authorized the district to contract with Wharton County to run the election, approved a consultant contract amendment for bond communications and directed the superintendent to seek expanded early-voting hours and an additional polling location; the district will cover any extra county costs for expanded voting.

Why this matters: The bond would fund facilities and security, including career and technical education priorities and work at Hutchins, according to consultants and trustees. Trustees and consultants said the district's financial model assumes a conservative 4.5% interest rate and a 2% annual enrollment growth projection — assumptions that, if they hold, would allow the district to…