New Jersey School Boards Association
Annual Bond Referenda Survey
Overview: 1999, 1998,1997

 

	1999		1998	1997
# of Elections	89		75	74
# of Proposals Approved	63.5*		45	39
% of Proposals Approved	71.3%		60%	52.7%
Total Spending Proposed	$1.199 billion		$893.919 million	$867.91 million
Total Spending Approved	$779.867 million		$487.215 million	$473.91 million
% Spending Approved		65%	54.5%	54.6%
Voter Turnout		24.76%	26.64%	28% (based on 30 of 74 elections)

 

 

 

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* In one district where the referendum consisted of two questions, voters approved one proposition and defeated the other.