Proposition No. 447 requests voter authorization to exceed the Maintenance and Operations Budget Limit by 15% of the revenue control limit to fund existing programs which challenge and prepare students for success for a period of seven years.  Overrides in Arizona must be renewed every five years or they begin a two-year phase down with complete elimination after the seventh year if not renewed.  The existing override is scheduled to begin a phase down in the 2024-2025 year unless renewed by voters. 

This override supports the District’s efforts to help maintain and enhance present levels of service:

• Ensuring compliance with State mandates

• Maintaining current class size with an emphasis at the primary grades

• Full-day Kindergarten (currently funded by State for 1/2 day)

• Art, Music, and Physical Education in elementary schools

• Extra-curricular programs

• Gifted Education, Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and STEM programs

• Maintaining all current programs and services to the extent possible

The estimated secondary tax rate needed to fund the full override is $55 per $100,000 of net assessed valuation for secondary tax purposes and is approximately equal to the existing secondary tax rate for the current override.  Since this is a continuation of the current override, homeowners will not experience an additional tax increase because of the override.

Learn more about the budget override election, Prop #447, here.

Proposition No. 448 requests voter authorization for the Flagstaff Unified School District to issue general obligation bonds in principal amount not to exceed $100 million to provide funds for the following purposes:  

• Constructing school buildings

• Renovating school buildings

• Purchasing pupil transportation vehicles

• Acquiring by purchase or lease school lots

• Improving school grounds, including adjacent ways thereto

• Supplying school buildings with furniture, equipment and technology

• Liquidating indebtedness incurred for the purposes set forth herein

• Providing all utilities and other capital items necessary for the construction and renovation of school buildings and for improving school grounds

• Paying all architectural, design, engineering, project and construction management and other costs incurred in connection with the purposes set forth above

• Paying all legal, financial and other costs in connection with issuance of the bonds

The estimated secondary tax rate needed to fund the $100 million bond program is $40.42 per $100,000 of net assessed valuation for secondary tax purposes and is an increase of 35 cents per $100,000 of net assessed valuation per month from the current rate. 

Learn more about the bond election, Prop #448, here.