Denver voters will be asked in November to raise an additional $628 million in taxes to pay for school construction and the expansion of educational programs after the Denver school board Thursday voted unanimously in favor of a bond and mill levy override.
The board also approved two new charter schools and voted to place three other charter schools in buildings owned by the school district.
The $572 million bond would allow Denver Public Schools to build new schools, renovate old ones, install heat mitigation systems such as air conditioning in its hottest schools and increase the number of schools able to provide devices such as computers to every student.
“There’s a lot of good things in this proposal for schools, especially the hottest schools,” said board member Rosemary Rodriguez.
Due to rising property values and decreasing debt, DPS figures it can raise the $572 million without increasing the current tax rate.
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