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Our call — vote YES
The measure
The Osborn Elementary School District (Maricopa County) asks voters on November 3, 2026 to approve a 15% Maintenance & Operations (M&O) budget override for fiscal year 2027/2028 and six subsequent years — seven years in all — per the district's official call of election. The full override amount is estimated at $2,651,228.
What YES does
A YES vote authorizes the district to exceed its revenue control limit by 15% for operations, funded by a levy on taxable property in the district, at an estimated tax rate of $0.47 per $100 of net assessed valuation — approximately equal to the current override rate, per the call of election.
What NO does
A NO vote denies the authority. The district operates within the state limit, and the existing override phases down on its schedule, taking the operations funding — and the levy — down with it.
The math
The figures are printed in the official call of election: 15%, $2,651,228 estimated full amount, $0.47 per $100 NAV estimated rate, and that rate is approximately equal to the current override rate. That makes this, in substance, a continuation at the existing rate — the same override level the voters already carry, re-authorized for a new seven-year term — not a rate increase.
OUR CALL
Our call: YES.
Percentage, total, rate, term, and the comparison to the current rate are all in the official document. A continuation at approximately the current rate, fully priced, is the voters' own existing tax renewed with their consent. Renew it.
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Sources
- Osborn Elementary School District — official call of election (15% M&O override; estimated $2,651,228; estimated $0.47 per $100 NAV, approximately equal to the current override rate), as recorded in the research file via 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
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.