New Jersey School Boards Association
Annual Bond Referenda Survey: 2000
Multiple
Attempts
Twenty-three (23) of the 89 construction
questions on the ballot during 2000 represented school districts’ second,
third, fourth and, in one case, fifth attempts to gain voter approval of
building/renovation projects.
|
|
2000 % Passed (#
Passed) |
1999 %
Passed (#
Passed) |
|
All Referenda |
77.2% (68.66* of 89) |
71.3% (63.5* of 89) |
|
1st Attempt |
79.8% (52.66* of 66) |
71.7% (43 of 60) |
|
2nd Attempt |
64.7% (11
of 17) |
62.5% (10
of 16) |
|
3rd Attempt |
66.7% (2
of 3) |
87.5% (10.5* of 12) |
|
4th Attempt |
100% (2
of 2) |
0 (0
of 1) |
|
5th Attempt |
100% (1
of 1) |
— |
NJSBA
looked at construction proposals in the school districts where referenda passed
on the second, third, fourth or fifth attempts.
·
Cost of proposal:
10 of the 16 successful questions reflected cost reductions or reductions in
scale from earlier versions; 3 involved increases in project scope and/or cost;
in 3 others, the costs and the scope of the projects remained essentially the
same.
·
Ballot question:
6 of the districts also split their proposals into two or more separate ballot
questions; their earlier proposals had consisted of a single question.
·
Facilities Act:
9 of the 16 construction proposals that succeeded after multiple attempts
passed after the enactment of the Educational Facilities Construction and
Financing Act. (In comparison, 4 of
the 7 proposals that failed after multiple attempts went on the ballot prior to
enactment of the facilities legislation.)
* Fractions indicate split results in districts where referenda included more than one question.