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Arlington ISD trustees unanimously call $501 million May bond after amending committee plan
Summary
The Arlington ISD board on Feb. 5 voted 7–0 to call a May 2, 2026 bond election totaling roughly $501 million across three propositions, adopting a capital package based on the capital needs steering committee's Option 2 plus additions trustees approved during deliberations.
Arlington Independent School District trustees voted unanimously on Feb. 5 to call a May 2, 2026 bond election after amending the steering committee's recommended package.
President Chapa moved the order, which specifies three propositions: Proposition A for school facilities at $438,755,000; Proposition B for technology at $30,955,000; and Proposition C for athletic facilities at $31,565,000. The vote to adopt the order carried 7'0.
The package began as a consensus recommendation from the district's capital needs steering committee (CNSC), which evaluated more than $1.8 billion in identified projects and offered two similar options near a 1-cent tax impact. Trustees used the CNSC's Option 2 as the working baseline and then amended it in public deliberations. During the meeting trustees voted to add…
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