Battling a tight deadline and increasing demands for renovated school facilities, school board members directed school district staff Tuesday to draft a $385-million bond proposal for the board to consider placing on the November ballot. The board needs to vote 5-2 in favor of the bond in order to have it placed on the November ballot. Board members will vote on the written proposal at their meeting on Aug. 1 in Malibu.
Following a recommendation from the Economic Feasibility Committee, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education decided to consider a bond measure instead of a parcel tax. A bond measure requires 55 percent voter approval, whereas a parcel tax requires two-thirds voter approval.
If approved by the board, the district then has to submit the final revised measure to the Los Angeles County Registrar’s Office by Aug. 10 at 5 p.m.