New Jersey School Boards Association
Annual Bond Referenda Survey
1998 - 2009

	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998
# of Elections	66	50	49	52	89	71	93	102	67	89	89	75
# of Proposals Approved	48	31	31	31.5*	52.5*	48	73	72	50.17*	68.66	63.5*	45
% of Proposals Approved	72.7%	62%	63.3%	60.6%	58.9%	67.6%	78.5%	70.5%	74.9%	77.2%	71.3%	60%
Total Spending Proposed	$1.03 billion	$658.945 million	$762.398 million	$910 million	$1.858 billion	$1.58 billion	$1.69 billion	$2.012 billion	$1.274 billion	$1.298 billion	$1.199 billion	$893.919 million
Total Spending Approved	$555 million	$265.220 million	$354.218 million	$390.65 million	$1.083 billion	$1.039 billion	$1.42 billion	$1.329 billion	$970.1 million	$1.043 billion	$779.867 million	$487.215 million
% Spending Approved	53.5%	40.2%	46.5%	42.9%	58.3%	65.7%	84%	66.1%	76.1 %	80.4%	65%	54.5%

* Fractions are due to split results in districts where referenda included more than one question of similar size.

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