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Chandler Unified staff asks board to order 15% maintenance-and-operations override election for Nov. 4, 2025
Summary
District staff recommended the board adopt a resolution to place a 15% maintenance-and-operations (M&O) override on the Nov. 4, 2025 ballot to continue current funding of safety, class sizes, teacher pay and programs; transcript records recommendation and program details but no board vote.
District staff asked the Chandler Unified School District Governing Board on June 11 to adopt a resolution ordering all matters necessary for a 15% maintenance-and-operations override election to be held on Nov. 4, 2025.
Staff said the override is a continuation of an existing 15% M&O override the district currently operates under and that, by law, the last year of full funding for the current override is fiscal year 2026–27. Staff described the renewal as a replacement of the existing override — not an additional tax — and estimated the continuation would provide approximately $45,745,513. Staff said, if placed on the ballot and approved, the renewal would begin funding in February for the fiscal year described in the presentation.
The presentation listed uses for the override continuation: maintaining safety personnel and initiatives at district schools, preserving competitive class sizes, supporting teacher pay, and maintaining specialized programming, instructional materials and enhanced technology. Staff explained the measure’s seven-year statutory term is fully funded for five years; in years six and seven the per-year revenue declines if not reapproved, and districts commonly return to voters in year four to avoid a midterm loss of funding.
Staff reported outreach and advisory-group involvement in planning: the citizens override and bond committee recommended pursuing renewal, and staff said advisory groups (superintendent’s advisory committee, parent and staff groups, business advisory committee, technology and transportation advisory groups) provided input. Staff cited attendance numbers at recent meetings — examples given were 26, 29, 19 and 23 attendees at several meetings — and said 20 committee members ultimately voted in favor of continuing the M&O in a citizens committee vote; transcript quotes that count but does not show a formal board vote on the resolution in the provided excerpt.
Ending: Staff invited board questions and said detailed presentations and language are available for review; no adoption vote is recorded in the provided transcript.
