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Columbia schools' finance committee backs a $260 million bond for the April ballot

The Daily Columbia teamFrom today’s edition · 1 min read · 2 sources

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If you follow Columbia Public Schools, here's the next big step in the . The district's Finance Committee unanimously recommended Monday that a $260 million school bond issue go on the April ballot. The money would pay for the first five years of the plan.

The first bond would not exceed $260 million of the $420 million plan

$260 millionMost the first bond would reach, of the $420 million plan

Sources: Columbia Missourian, KMZU.com

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Most the first bond would reach, of the $420 million plan$260 million

CPS now expects to split the plan into two bond issues, with the first on the April ballot. Chief Financial Officer Heather McArthur said that first bond would not exceed $260 million.

  • School Board vote: Nov. 9
  • Full plan: $420 million over 10 years
  • Bond issues planned: two

The bond moves from committee to the School Board to the ballot

  1. Nov. 2The Finance Committee unanimously recommended a $260 million bond issue for the April ballot.
  2. Nov. 9The Columbia School Board will vote on the bond issue.
  3. AprilThe first bond issue would go on the ballot.

Sources: Columbia Missourian, KMZU.com

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