On Tuesday, April 2, 2024, voters in the Houston R-1 School District will be asked to consider a $3 million No-Levy-Increase Bond Issue. If passed, the bond would provide funds for the renovation, construction, equipping and furnishing of an athletic complex to include a new track and associated event areas. It would also, to the extent funds are available, construct, equip and furnish an outdoor storage facility, install a turf field, prepay principal on existing lease financings and complete other repairs and improvements to the existing facilities of the district.

Q:  When is the election?
A:  Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Q:  Where do I vote?
A:  The City of Houston Storm Shelter (191 N 1st St, Houston) in Houston as well as constituents in Raymondville, Licking, Fairview and Cabool.

Q:  When must I be registered to vote in order to vote in the April 2 election?
A:  Voters must be registered to vote by Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in order to vote on April 2. 

Q:  Can I vote with an absentee ballot?
A:  Yes. Registered voters can easily request and submit an absentee ballot. Here's how: https://www.vote.org/absentee-ballot/missouri/

Q:  What is the actual language that will be on the ballot?
A: Shall the Board of Education of the Houston R-I School District, Missouri, without an estimated increase in the current debt service property tax levy, borrow money in the amount of Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) for the purpose of providing funds for the renovation, construction, equipping, and furnishing of the athletic complex to include a new track and associated event areas; to improve track accessibility; to the extent funds are available, construct, equip, and furnish an outdoor storage facility, install a turf field, prepay principal on existing lease financings and complete other repairs and improvements to the existing facilities of the District; and issue general obligation bonds for the payment thereof?

If this proposition is approved, the adjusted debt service levy of the School District is estimated to remain unchanged at $0.8000 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation of real and personal property.

The Houston Board of Education unanimously selected GeoSurfaces as our partner for Proposition Track & Field. If the no-tax-increase bond is passed April 2 by voters, GeoSurfaces will lead the track project on campus.

Jennifer Scheets, president of the Houston Board of Education, shares an update on Proposition Track & Field. The board decided in special session Thursday night its intentions to include a turf field in the $3 million bond issue.