Bond Information
The Board of Education of Salt Lake City School District will propose a general obligation bond measure in the November 2024 general election to ask voters for $730 million to rebuild two high schools, construct an athletic field house, and to make sustainability upgrades at schools and facilities throughout the district.
Bonds are a type of loan that must be approved by voters. Bonds are only available to government entities and can only be used for projects related to buildings and facilities. They cannot be used to pay for teacher salaries, classroom materials, or other educational expenses. In this case, the bonds would pay to:
- rebuild Highland High School with on-site solar power and ground source heat pumps,
- rebuild West High School with on-site solar power,
- build an athletic field house at East High School, and
- fund other energy conservation and sustainability projects to help the district meet its renewable energy and carbon neutrality goals.
The decision to go out for bond comes after years of patchwork building repairs and “making things work” at Highland High School and West High School. It also comes after consulting with experts – architects, demographers, other school districts – as we’ve considered the impacts of the bond on students, staff, families, and our broader Salt Lake City community.