Referendums on November 2024 Ballot

School districts throughout Illinois are seeking voter approval on referendums on the November 5, 2024, general election ballot. Items up for a vote include tax increases, bond issues, countywide sales tax propositions, questions on how school board members should be elected, and miscellaneous advisory questions.

School districts placing tax increases on the ballot include Bloomingdale SD 13, Glenview CCSD 34, and Thomasboro CCSD 130.

School districts known to be placing local bond issues before voters include:

• Arthur CUSD 305, $24.6 million, to renovate Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond High School.
• Barrington CUSD 220, $64 million, to build and equip an auditorium and for an addition to Barrington High School.
• Bloomingdale SD 13, $29.7 million, to alter, repair, and equip school buildings, including installing new security systems and network cabling.
• Bradley-Bourbonnais CHSD 307, $62 million, to alter, repair, and equip Bradley-Bourbonnais High School.
• Cary CCSD 26, $20 million, to alter, repair, and equip existing buildings, including safety and security improvements.
• Central SD 301, in Burlington, $224.6 million, to build and equip a new high school building, including construction of an outdoor athletic stadium, a field house, and athletic fields on the new high school site.
• Golf SD 67, $26.3 million, to alter, repair, and equip two buildings, including removal of asbestos.
• Indian Prairie CUSD 204, $420 million, to alter, repair, and equip existing school buildings.
• Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3, $112.8 million, to build and equip both a new elementary and junior high building.
• Mundelein CHSD 120, $149.5 million, to alter, repair, and equip existing buildings and facilities.
• Mount Prospect SD 57, $85 million, to build a new middle school building, and to alter and repair existing buildings.
• Park Ridge-Niles SD 64, $89.1 million, to repair and equip existing buildings.
• Prairie Central CUSD 8, in Fairbury, $45 million, to build and equip an elementary building, and to alter, repair, and equip the high school, middle school, and upper elementary school buildings.
• Putnam County CCSD 535, $34 million, to alter, repair, and equip school buildings, including health/life safety improvements and updates to the HVAC systems.
• Rockridge CUSD 300, $33 million, to build and equip a new elementary school building.
• Salt Creek SD 48, $48 million, to build additions and alter, repair, and equip two elementary buildings and one middle school building.
• Staunton CUSD 6, $26.1 million, to alter, repair, and equip school buildings with safety and security improvements and increase accessibility with ADA compliance.
• Westmont CUSD 201, $74.6 million, to build two new elementary buildings, and improve the sites of existing school buildings.
• West Prairie CUSD 103, in Colchester, $4 million, to build and equip a vocational, agricultural, and science building and construct an athletic field facility.
• Wheaton Warrenville CUSD 200, $151.5 million, to construct additions to alter, repair, equip and improve the sites of three middle school buildings.

There are three Countywide Sales Tax propositions on the ballot. Voters will decide on a countywide 1% tax increase for school facilities, school resource officers, and mental health professionals in DeKalb, Effingham, and Hancock counties.

Voters in the following districts will decide whether school board members should be elected at-large versus congressional township.

• Annawan CUSD 226
• Arcola CUSD 306
• Cambridge CUSD 227
• Deland-Weldon CUSD 57
• Elverado CUSD 196
• Heyworth CUSD 4
• Patoka CUSD 100
• Rossville-Alvin CUSD 7
• Sullivan CUSD 300
• Sycamore CUSD 427
• Tuscola CUSD 301

Nine villages in southern Cook County (Burnham, Crestwood, Calumet Park, Posen, Riverdale, Robbins, South Chicago Heights, South Holland, and Tinley Park) have included an advisory referendum for the voters that asks “Shall the [Village of ___] pass a Resolution urging the State of Illinois to pass Legislation that requires the State of Illinois to increase State funding for Public Schools that results in lower property tax bills and reduces the tax burden on local Property owners and taxpayers, specifically those in South Suburban Cook County?”

Voters in Summit Hill SD 161 will also voice their opinion on the question, “Do you approve of the process by which the Board of Education for Summit Hill School District 161 closed Arbury Hills and Frankfort Square schools without a corresponding reduction in the property tax levy rate?”

IASB will report results of school referenda and tax proposals after the November 5 general election. To see historical information from past elections, visit the Finance Election data page on the IASB website.