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Freeland Community School District Bond Proposal

Freeland Community School District · Midland County · on the November 3, 2026 ballot in Ingersoll Township.

Freeland Community School District Bond Proposal

Bond Proposal1.984 mills$21.2 million

$21.2 million bond (up to 20 years) for remodeling, equipment, site work and a stormwater project at the Learning Center playground.

Cost to you: District says no net increase in the overall school tax rate — it will drop its sinking fund as the bond levy starts (1.98 mills in 2027).

YESA YES vote authorizes the sale of $21.2 million in bonds, repaid through a property tax levy over the life of the bonds.
NOA NO vote rejects the borrowing — no bonds are issued and no new debt levy is added.
Official ballot language

Shall Freeland Community School District, Saginaw, Midland and Bay Counties, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Twenty-One Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($21,200,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefore, in one or more series, for the purpose of: remodeling school buildings and facilities; equipping, re-equipping, furnishing and refurnishing school buildings and facilities; and preparing, developing, improving and equipping structures, facilities, sites and a stormwater drainage project at the Freeland Learning Center playground? The following is for informational purposes only: The estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds in 2027 is 1.984 mills ($1.984 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation). The maximum number of years the bonds of any series may be outstanding, exclusive of any refunding, is twenty (20) years. The estimated simple average annual millage anticipated to be required to retire this bond debt is 1.849 mills ($1.849 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation). (Pursuant to State law, expenditure of bond proceeds must be audited and the proceeds cannot be used for repair or maintenance costs, teacher, administrator or employee salaries, or other operating expenses.)

Appears on ballots in 1 of 2 precincts in Ingersoll Township — check your official sample ballot.

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