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District starts 2026 bond planning, estimates $250M–$300M capacity; seeks consultant by mid-June
Summary
Hillsboro School District staff and a bond-planning team outlined early steps for a potential 2026 bond measure, described a strategy to capitalize on levy/bond payoff capacity and said they have issued a request for proposals for consultants with the goal of naming a firm at the June 17 board meeting.
District staff told the board they have begun planning for a potential 2026 bond measure that would follow the district’s strategy used in prior cycles to take advantage of capacity created when older bonds are paid off.
Why it matters: The district said it expects some tax-rate capacity to free up when earlier bonds are retired; staff and an outside advisor (Piper Sandler) modeled scenarios that show a possible bonding capacity in the range of approximately $250 million to $300 million under conservative assumptions. Staff cautioned that grant awards (such as a state…
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