Factors influencing the successful passage of a school bond referendum as identified by selected voters in the Navasota Independent School District in Texas
Year: 2006
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors influencing the successful\npassage of a school bond referendum as identified by selected voters in the Navasota\nIndependent School District in Texas. The secondary purpose of the study was to\nexamine pre- and post-strategies of the failed September 11, 2004, referendum and\nidentify those factors that influenced the positive referendum on December 11, 2004.\nSurveys were sent to 260 registered voters who participated in both the September\n11, 2004, and December 11, 2004, school bond referenda in the Navasota\nIndependent School District. Frequency distributions, cross-tabulations, and Chi-\nSquare tests were performed on the data to determine if there were any significant\nfindings through the surveys.\nThe results of the investigation were fairly clear. As stated in the research by\nSurratt (1987), trust in the administration and follow-through in previous bond\nreferenda played a significant role in determining the negative outcome of the September 11, 2004, Navasota ISD school bond referendum. In the December 11,\n2004, bond referendum, detailed information on bond plans, individual campus\nactivities promoting needs for the passage of the bond referendum, opportunity to\nvote on more than one proposition, and information on the cost of the tax increase for\nthe average home in NISD were instrumental in the positive outcome of that\nreferendum. In regards to demographics of the voting population, the factor\n“currently having children in the district” played a significant role in determining the\noutcome of the referenda. This agreed with earlier research by Theobold & Meier\n(2002).
Author: David Jerome Faltys
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2270690962