亚利桑那洪堡学区推7960万美元债券案 校舍校车更新且不提高税率
亚利桑那州普雷斯科特谷的洪堡联合学区（Humboldt Unified School District）正推动选民支持第407号提案——一项7960万美元的债券措施。学区总监布雷特·达尔（Brett Dahl）10月16日受访时表示，该债券只用于资本项目，包括学区10栋建筑的暖通空调系统、屋顶、锅炉和结构维修，以及更换老旧校车，不能用于行政开支或工资。
达尔说，部分校车里程已超过50万英里，洪堡高中和普朗霍恩岭中学（Pronghorn Ridge Middle School）有结构维修需求。该措施不需要提高房产税税率：学区2006年通过的上一笔债券正好到期，新债券将以相同税率接续。达尔说：「我们可以拿到7960万美元投入学校，而税率不会变化。」
如获通过，资金将自2027年1月起分三年发放，债券偿还期为20年。达尔表示，相关工程也将为当地电工、水管工、暖通技师等行业创造就业。（GSM 据 Signals AZ 报道）
Arizona's Humboldt Unified Seeks $79.6M Bond for Facilities and Buses Without Raising Tax Rate
The Humboldt Unified School District in Prescott Valley, Arizona, is asking voters to support Proposition 407, a $79.6 million bond measure. Superintendent Brett Dahl said on October 16 that the bond would fund capital needs only across the district's 10 buildings — HVAC systems, roofs, boilers and structural repairs — plus replacement of aging school buses, and cannot be used for administrative costs or salaries.
Dahl said some buses have logged more than 500,000 miles, and Humboldt High School and Pronghorn Ridge Middle School need structural work. The measure requires no property tax increase: the district's previous bond, passed in 2006, is expiring just as the new one would take effect, replacing it at the same rate. 'We can get $79.6 million to invest in our schools and it doesn't change the tax rate,' Dahl said.
If approved, funding would be distributed over three years beginning in January 2027 and repaid over a 20-year term. Dahl said the work would also generate local jobs for electricians, plumbers, HVAC mechanics and other tradespeople. (GSM, via Signals AZ)
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图片来源：普雷斯科特谷市民中心 / The Civic Center in Prescott Valley, Arizona, home of the Humboldt Unified School District. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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