Dallas ISD outlines its 2026 bond plan

Dallas ISD district officials presented the preliminary 2026 bond plan with a proposed $6.2 billion bond and $0.01 property tax increase.

If passed, the 2026 bond would top the record-setting 2020 bond which approved $3.5 billion out of the $3.7 billion requested, according to KERA.

Next year’s bond priorities break down into Proposition A through Proposition D. 

Prop A would eliminate the need for portable classrooms and include renovations or campus replacements, additional security technology, new buses, sustainability equipment, conduct a land use study for the district’s vacant land, and structural improvements to athletic facilities and fields. Prop D also improves athletics with an upgrade and renovation to aging swimming pools of the natatorium for $26 million.

Prop B focuses on technology upgrades for $144 million and Prop C would provide $143 million to fund the district’s debt service.

In Prop A’s total $5.9 billion, a majority would go toward district-wide renovations and replacements. 

Trustees will meet again in January to finalize the bond proposal.