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A look at what is happening around the nation as we hit the halfway point of 2025.

Curious about school tax elections and bonds? EDmarket's EdChat series provides short, impactful and timely discussions from experts in the education marketplace.

In the decade that SchoolBondFinder has been tracking K–12 school tax elections, we have never seen the total amount of dol- lars passed nationwide exceed $100B.

As we enter the 2024 deadline period for placement of school capital tax elections on the November ballot, SchoolBondFinder’s research team is busy tracking and comparing voting predictions and outcomes.

2024 was another banner year for school tax elections. Our post elections results, as of November 7th, 2024, we saw a 39% increase in total available funds compared to 2023. 2,249 initiatives went to vote in 2024. We closed out the year at $113.9 billion with a 75% national passage rate.