School Bond Issue

PROPOSITION K.I.D.S. 2023 Bond Issue Information 

Passing this bond issue will allow the Ash Grove R-IV School District to ...


WHY Ash GROVE ELEMENTARY NEEDS THIS ADDITION...


OFFICIAL BALLOT LANGUAGE

Shall the Board of Education of the Ash Grove R-IV School District, Missouri, borrow money in the amount of Nine Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($9,400,00) for the purpose of providing funds for the site development, construction, equipping, and furnishing of additional restrooms, classroom space and a gymnasium to Ash Grove Elementary (that will also function as a safe room for the entire Ash Grove Campus); to the extent funds are available, complete other remodeling, repairs, and improvements to the existing facilities of the District; and issue general obligation bonds for the payment thereof resulting in an estimated increase to the debt service property tax levy of $0.3000 per hundred dollars of assessed valuation? 

COMPARISON OF AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT LEVIES

Ash Grove R-IV Schools has one the lowest total tax levy of the surrounding districts in Southwest Missouri. 


        2022-2023 Totals

District Total                         Tax Levy

Everton                                    $4.6221

Walnut Grove                         $4.5370

Nixa                                          $4.5091

Rogersville                              $4.4172

Willard                                     $4.1284

Republic                                  $4.1254

Springfield                              $4.0767

                    Ash Grove                               $3.6488


IF THIS PROPOSITION IS APPROVED, THE ADJUSTED DEBT SERVICE LEVY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ESTIMATED TO INCREASE FROM $0.6978 TO $0.9978 PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS OF ASSESSED VALUATION OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.