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Our call — vote YES
The measure
The Dysart Unified School District (Maricopa County) asks voters on November 3, 2026 to authorize $71,000,000 in bonds for school facility upkeep, repaid from secondary property taxes on taxable property in the district.
What YES does
A YES vote authorizes the district to sell up to $71 million in bonds for facility upkeep and to levy the secondary property taxes needed to repay them with interest.
What NO does
A NO vote denies the authorization. Facility upkeep must be deferred or paid from other funds, and no tax is levied for these bonds.
The math
The price is printed: an estimated cost of $52 per year for 15 years on a $250,000 home, as reported from the district's election materials. Principal is $71 million; the per-home figure over a stated 15-year span is the tax effect disclosed. The sources retrieved do not print a total-interest figure, and we do not estimate one.
OUR CALL
Our call: YES.
Durable capital — keeping school facilities up — with the homeowner cost and the term printed: $52 a year for 15 years on a $250,000 home. Voters can see exactly what this costs and what it buys. Approve it.
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Sources
- Maricopa County School Superintendent — Bond and Override Elections (2026), and the district informational pamphlet linked from that page (accessed October 25, 2026) — https://schoolsup.org/bond-and-override-elections
- azcentral reporting of the estimated homeowner cost ($52/year for 15 years on a $250,000 home), as recorded in the research file
Result pending. No verified call (Associated Press or official) as of November 4, 2026. This page will be updated when the race is called or certified. The original article above is unchanged.
AI-assisted article — but the sources are human, and the facts are very real.