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District 99 board approves bond parameters, tentative $119.2 million levy, dual-credit weighting and grant application
Summary
Community High School District 99 on Nov. 17 adopted a parameters resolution to permit general-obligation bonds for life-safety projects, approved a tentative 2025 tax levy of $119,202,971, authorized submission of an ISBE maintenance grant for a Downers Grove North LED retrofit, and voted to award weighted grades for all dual-credit courses beginning 2026–27.
Community High School District 99’s Board of Education voted unanimously Nov. 17 to advance several major finance and policy items, including a parameters resolution to permit the issuance of general-obligation bonds for school life-safety projects, approval of the district’s tentative 2025 tax levy and several administrative actions that the board said would preserve flexibility for upcoming capital work.
Why it matters: The actions set the district’s near-term financing and grading policy: the bond parameters allow officials to negotiate a debt issuance within board-set limits, the tentative levy establishes the maximum property tax request that will be finalized in December, and the dual-credit grading change affects how student GPAs will be calculated for future course enrollments.
Bond parameters resolution: The board adopted a parameters resolution intended to authorize a general-obligation bond sale to fund identified life-safety projects and associated equipment. The district presenter described the resolution as setting “the maximum limits for the bond issue,” including caps…
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