May 10th is Election Day and local voters around the state will be asked to approve more than $6.6 billion in new debt to add to an existing debt that already totals more than $200 billion.
Of the $6.6 billion dollars of new debt being pitched to voters, 92 percent belongs to school districts, according to the Texas Tribune. School district debt accounts for one-third of all local government debt, making ISDs a major driver of debt growth.
Here’s where voters will have to make the biggest decisions on debt:
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