Draft Timeline for the Capital Improvement Program

Recruit bond committee members.

Select campaign support agency.

Raise money for the campaign.

Board of Commissioners authorization to proceed; resolution authorizing filing of application with LGC and publication of “Notice of Intent”.

Continued discussion of criteria for year-round conversion, timeline for year-round decisions, and process for community input.

Convene focus group and receive community input via website.

Proposed form of ballot language provided to Board of Elections.

Publish “Notice of Intent” to issue bonds in local newspaper

Application to issue bonds filed by County and physically received by LGC.

Board of Commissioners holds regular meeting to introduce and approve bond order at 1st reading and set public hearing date; sworn statement of debt filed together with certificate of appraised value.

Receive report on community input and approve criteria for identification of schools to be converted to year-round calendar.

Apply year-round conversion criteria and develop draft list of schools to be converted to year-round calendar.

Final ballot language provided to Board of Elections to print absentee ballots.

Publish bond order as introduced in local newspaper and notice of public hearing.

No CIP discussion scheduled!

Receive proposed list of schools to be converted to year-round calendar to gain about 3,000 seats for 2007-08 school year.

Board of Commissioners hold a public hearing at regular meeting; adoption of bond order; passage of resolution calling for referendum for approval of bonds.

Discuss, revise and give preliminary approval to list of schools for conversion to year-round calendar.

Publication of bond order as adopted and 1st notice of bond referendum in local newspaper.

Certified copies of resolution calling for bond referendum mailed to Board of Elections.

Identify specific budget impacts of year-round schools.

Execute campaign

2nd publication of notice of referendum in local newspaper

Absentee ballots for referendum become available

Last day of voter registration for referendum

Bond referendum

Release draft assignment plan for 2007-08

Canvassing of returns by Board of Elections

Declaration of result by Board of Commissioners and certification

Publication of results

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