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Senate panel hears bill allowing some districts to front‑fund new school construction without voter bond
Summary
Senate Bill 5095 would allow school districts to contract indebtedness for new construction using non‑voted bonds within the statutory indebtedness limit if voters have approved a capital levy and the district has not been in binding conditions for the prior three years; sponsors and multiple districts testified in support.
The Senate Early Learning & K‑12 Education Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 5095, which would add new construction to the list of capital projects school districts may finance with non‑voted general obligation indebtedness under the current statutory limit. Alex Fairfortun, committee staff, explained the bill’s mechanics and legal limits.
Sponsor Senator Monica Dhingra told the committee the proposal is intended to give districts additional flexible financing tools to respond to rapid enrollment growth. “This is simply that, another tool for the toolkit,” Dhingra said. She told the committee the bill would allow districts that have a voter‑approved capital levy and that are not under certain financial “binding conditions” to front fund new buildings by contracting indebtedness within the…
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