Tulsa Public Schools · 70% Resolution Bond · Combined Total
$609,206,224
4 Propositions · 11 Major Categories · 100+ Line Items · Voter Approval Required
Proposition 1
Maximum Learning Opportunities
$200,981,510
32.99% of combined bond
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Proposition 2
Safe Learning Environments
$275,995,421
45.30% of combined bond
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Proposition 3
Student & Staff Technology
$104,783,325
17.20% of combined bond
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Proposition 4
Transportation
$27,229,478
4.47% of combined bond
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Combined Bond — Proportional Split
Prop 1 · Learning · 33%
Prop 2 · Safety · 45.3%
Prop 3 · Technology · 17.2%
Prop 4 · Transportation · 4.5%
Management Fees & Contingency — Across All Propositions
Prop 1 · Learning
$5,500,000
2.74% of prop
Prop 2 · Safety
$7,500,000
2.72% of prop
Prop 3 · Technology
$2,730,000
2.61% of prop
Prop 4 · Transportation
$680,000
2.50% of prop
ALL PROPOSITIONS COMBINED
$16,410,000
2.69% of total $609M bond — before a single student, bus, or brick benefits
Top 10 Largest Line Items Across All 4 Propositions
Cross-Proposition Analysis — Key Findings
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Athletics vs. STEM: 8-to-1 spending gap
Prop 1 allocates $40.6M to wellness/athletics (stadiums, weight rooms, gyms, pools) vs. $5M to STEM labs. That's an 8:1 ratio. Football/soccer stadium upgrades alone at $20M dwarf the entire STEM budget.
PROP 1
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$104.5M in deferred building maintenance
HVAC ($67.8M) + roofs ($22M) + foundations ($11M) + windows ($3.7M) = core building systems that should be funded through operating budgets. Financing this with bonds means paying interest for years on infrastructure upkeep.
PROP 2
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$28.5M "cybersecurity, network & software" — zero breakdown
The third-largest single line item in the entire bond package has no sub-detail. Voters are approving $28.5M with a single vague descriptor. Is it hardware? Cloud contracts? Staffing? No way to tell from the bond language.
PROP 3
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Operating expenses financed with bonds
Prop 3 contains HR software subscriptions, travel management tools, PDF editors, and telecom licensing — items typically funded through operating budgets. Bond-financing these means paying interest on software that may expire before the bond does.
PROP 3
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Possible duplicate: $559,478 fleet/routing software
Prop 3 lists "upgrade fleet and routing software" for $559,478. Prop 4 lists the identical dollar amount for "upgrade fleet and routing software, cameras & Wi-Fi on buses." These may be the same scope entered in two propositions.
PROPS 3 & 4
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Early childhood gets 5.4% — career prep gets 20.4%
Prop 1 puts $10.86M (5.4%) into early childhood/Montessori versus $40.9M (20.4%) into post-secondary/career academies. Research consistently shows early childhood investments have the highest long-term ROI.
PROP 1
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Admin buildings receive $12.9M in the school remodel budget
The Education Service Center, Enrollment Center, and Maintenance & Transportation facilities are bundled into Prop 2's $119M remodeling category alongside school renovations — making it harder to see how much goes to students vs. administration.
PROP 2
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$16.4M in management fees — consistently ~2.7% across all props
Every proposition allocates approximately 2.5–2.75% to contingency, inflation, and bond management fees. The near-identical percentages suggest a formula, not a bottom-up estimate. Total overhead before any work begins: $16.41M.
ALL PROPS