Mill Valley School District Resolution #8-03/04:
SUPPORT STATE PROPOSITION 55 (Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004)

February 11, 2004

WHEREAS, the Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004 (March 2004 Statewide School Bond) provides $12.3 billion in bonds to relieve overcrowding, reduce class size and repair and upgrade California’s elementary, middle and high schools, community colleges and universities; and

WHEREAS, the 2004 Statewide School Board measure is the second half of a two-part statewide education bond package to repair, upgrade and build new school facilities, and the first half of the package (Proposition 47) was approved by California’s voter in 2003, and passage of the second half of the package is equally important to continue the work that we’ve started; and

WHEREAS, within six weeks of voter approval of Prop. 47, funds were allocated to more than 2,000 overdue school construction and repair projects. Many more projects will soon be underway, but California will still have another $12.3 billion in new school construction and repair needs, and

WHEREAS, more than a million school children sit in overcrowded, deteriorating classrooms or temporary trailers and California has more students per class than all but two states; and

WHEREAS, the 2004 Statewide School Bond provides matching funds to school districts that have already or will soon pass local school construction bond measures; and

WHEREAS, more than 700,000 new students are expected to seek enrollment at a California college or university by 2010; and

WHEREAS, the 2004 Statewide School Bond provides a much needed boost to our state’s economy and putting Californians back to work building a better learning environment for our children is a wise investment in these difficult economic times, and

WHEREAS, the 2004 Statewide School Bond funds must be spent on school constructions, not on overhead, and projects must comply with strict accountability requirements, including mandatory audits, to safeguard against waste and mismanagement; and now,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Governing Board of the Mill Valley School District joins the California School Boards Association in its strong support of the Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004 (Proposition 55).

PASSED AND ADOPTED BY the Mill Valley School District Board of Trustees at meeting held on the 11th day of February 2004, by the following vote:

AYES: 

NOES: 

ABSENT: 

ABSTAIN: 

Paula Reynolds, Clerk of the Board