San Diego Unified Doesn’t Give Voters Enough Information on Bond Measures, Report Finds

San Diego Unified doesn’t give voters enough information on bond measures, report finds

San Diego Unified School District doesn’t give taxpayers enough clarity on its bond measures, neither in its ballot materials asking voters to approve them nor later about how much money it has or hasn’t spent, a new report finds. In a 19-page report, the San Diego County Grand Jury says that the district hasn’t consistently complied with state law to inform voters on bond ballot initiatives, offering too little information on ballot summaries a…

Grand Jury Finds Faults in San Diego Unified’s Bond Program

California school districts have long faced an unenviable bind: the collective price tag to maintain the structural integrity of their facilities, let alone to modernize or rebuild them, amounts to billions of dollars each year. State aid, meanwhile, makes up only a fraction of the funding needed for such projects. So, districts have increasingly turned to local bonds to fund the majority of their facilities needs. While bond measures can be a h…