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Chico Schools May Seek $152 Million Bond Measure

 School district officials in Chico are expected to ask voters to approve a $152 million bond measure to cover repairs and some new facilities.

Assistant Superintendent Kevin Bultema said if approved, the district would proceed with priorities already identified in an earlier master plan.

“We have elementary schools that were built in the late ’40s that really haven’t received any improvements, modernization or renovation; and this bond is largely to address that," Bultema said. This is not gold plating.”

District trustees are scheduled to consider placing the measure on November’s ballot at a meeting Wednesday. The measure would need the support of 55 percent of voters to win approval. It would add an additional $60 per every $100,000 in assessed value to local property taxes.

Bultima said a poll commissioned by the district showed wide support. 

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