{"id":337595,"date":"2026-06-15T22:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T22:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/337595\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T22:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T22:46:07","slug":"citizens-committee-urges-episd-to-pursue-1b-plus-bond-split-into-three-propositions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/337595\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizens committee urges EPISD to pursue $1B-plus bond split into three propositions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A citizens committee advising the El Paso Independent School District is recommending a bond package totaling just over $1 billion, a proposal that could go before voters in November if trustees decide later this summer to call a bond election.<\/p>\n<p>EPISD said its Citizens Bond Committee is made up of parents, community members and local professionals. <\/p>\n<p>The group has been reviewing district needs and is recommending a bond package split into three parts.<\/p>\n<p>Proposition A, the largest portion, is about $965.8 million. <\/p>\n<p>Proposition B is about $10.6 million, and Proposition C is about $25.6 million. <\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/nearly-250-jobs-set-to-be-cut-at-el-paso-isd-amid-ongoing-funding-issues?SRC=LINK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nearly 250 jobs set to be cut at El Paso ISD amid ongoing funding issues<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Together, the three propositions total just over $1 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The recommendation includes more than $469 million for districtwide renovations, aimed at aging buildings and major repairs across EPISD. <\/p>\n<p>It also includes about $94 million for evaporative cooling systems and about $76 million for technology.<\/p>\n<p>Another $24 million is recommended for safety and security upgrades, and about $171 million would go toward athletic updates across the district.<\/p>\n<p>The recommendation comes as EPISD is also dealing with financial exigency and recent job cuts. <\/p>\n<p>The next step is whether trustees will move forward with calling a bond election later this summer.<\/p>\n<p>If trustees call an election and voters approve the bond, it would come about 10 years after EPISD voters approved the district\u2019s last bond, a roughly $668 million package in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full proposal below:<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A citizens committee advising the El Paso Independent School District is recommending a bond package totaling just over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-337595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}