Voters approved the district's 2017 Bond Election with 68% of voters in favor of the proposition. The district tax rate remains at $1.54, the same rate at 2012-2013.

About the 2017 Bond

More than half of the bond will be used to accommodate future growth, with a portion of that money earmarked for the district’s fourth comprehensive high school. In addition to growth, the 2017 bond funds will be used to address safety and security across the district, to replace aging and inadequate systems and facilities, and to create standardization and equity among facilities and programs.
The 2017 bond program will have $0 impact to the existing school district tax rate. This is possible due to growth in taxable values and sound financial management, which has created enough bonding capacity to be able to issue future bonds for these projects within the existing tax rate. As a result, the EMS ISD total tax rate has remained at $1.54 per $100 of property valuation.

Construction in EMS ISD