In May of 2002, Wichita Falls ISD, a district in Texas with a stagnate enrollment of 14,000 students for multiple years, asked for the community to support a $120 million bond to help cover the cost of four new elementary campuses and to maintain and upgrade aging facilities. The bond failed. Additionally, a 2004 bond failed again. Finally, in 2006, the district is finally able to pass a $60 million bond and only includes two new elementary campuses and no funding to address the aging facilities. At the same time, other districts in fast growing areas of Texas are able to pass school bonds with little to no issues. This begs the question, is there a formula for getting school bonds passed? The purpose of this study is to discover what key factors influence a bond package; to help find those answers, eight districts in Texas were selected, five considered to be a fast-growth district" and three considered to be no-growth district. The study used a qualitative research approach, using semi-structured interviews with 24 participants. After all factors were analyzed, a pattern and recommendation is developed for districts to follow allowing a high degree of success for school bonds.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1703321 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Griffiths, Peter Edward |
| Contributors | Camp, Bill, Waddell, Steve, Capps, Matthew, McDaniel, Rick |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | ix, 129 pages, Text |
| Coverage | United States - Texas |
| Rights | Public, Griffiths, Peter Edward, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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