Schools see bond hopes in Prop.
They're already talking about the possibility of going back to the voters after the passage last week of Proposition 39, which lowers the voter approval requirement for local school bond measures from 66.7 percent to 55 percent. No dates have been set, in part due to lingering questions about when districts can place bond measures on the ballot. Many school districts along the South Coast have managed to pass bonds on first or second attempts 8 of 11 measures have passed since 1992. In contrast, those in the North County have usually fallen short. The bond, supported by 54.8 percent of voters, would have financed new classrooms and technology.