§ 15109 Joint District Bond Adjustment

• •Only works when the two districts together have 300,000 or more students.
• •The same governing board must run both the elementary and high school districts.
• •7th‑ and 8th‑grade students must be attending the high schools.
• •The board can shift exactly 1% of the elementary district's total bond limit to the high school district.
• •The change must be recorded in a resolution filed with the county auditor.

A city has an elementary district and a high school district that together serve 320,000 students. The same board runs both districts, and 7th‑ and 8th‑graders attend the high schools. The board decides to shift 1% of the elementary district's borrowing power to the high school district to help fund a new science wing.

Because the districts meet the size rule and share a board, the board can file a resolution that takes 1% of the elementary district's bond limit and adds that amount to the high school district's limit.