Bond Election
On March 7, 2008 LSCS called and approved $420 million bond election for May 10. The board upheld its promise not to increase property taxes by cutting $41.7 million from the original bond proposal, which totaled more than $460 million. The system plans to concentrate on health and science facilities due to a critical shortage of healthcare workers and emergency medical technicians, most of whom are trained at community colleges, prompting the inclusion of a new health professions building at Lone Star College–North Harris and a science and health building at the Montgomery campus. LSCS last attempt to pass more than $200 million in the bond election of November 2006 failed.
May 10, 2008 Bond Election Results:
| Proposition | Total Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| For | 13,574 | 62.25% |
| Against | 8,232 | 37.75% |
| TOTAL | 21,806 | 100.0% |
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