School districts across East Idaho are asking voters to approve over $40 million in local education funding at the polls on May 19.

Here is a list of all the school district bonds and levies local voters will decide.

RocklandWhat: A $3.8 million, 10-year bond.

What’s at stake? The bond would pay for building renovations and the construction of a Career Technical Education and agriculture building. It would also cover a football field with a track and new lighting.

Impact: The bond would cost taxpayers $592 annually per $100,000 of taxable assessed value.

The bond requires a supermajority of 66.7% or 2/3 in voter support to pass. A bond has not passed in Idaho since May 2024.

American Falls

What: An average of $7.8 million, 10-year levy.

What’s at stake? The levy would pay for school maintenance, including lighting, heating and maintenance equipment. The levy would increase each year, starting at $695,564 the first year, up to $887,736, with an average of $788,528 per year. The district built in that 6% increase each year to cover the cost of inflation, said Superintendent Randy Jensen.

Jensen said that while the district isn’t behind on maintenance, these funds are essential for keeping up buildings and making them last. When state lawmakers gave schools capital project funds two years ago, they also took away districts’ lottery funds that were often used for building maintenance, Jensen noted. That change made the plant facilities levy more integral to the district’s budget.

“It’s probably more important than ever this year,” Jensen said.

Impact: The levy would cost taxpayers $44 annually per $100,000 of taxable assessed value. The levy would replace an expiring plant facility levy.

The levy requires 55% voter support to pass.

Aberdeen

What: A $1.9 million, two-year levy.

What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay for staff salaries and benefits at $700,000 a year. It would also pay for maintenance and custodial supplies, technology, School Resource Officer and safety/ security, classroom supplies and curriculum.

Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $201.78 annually per $100,000 of taxable assessed value. The levy replaces an expiring levy of the same cost.

The levy requires a simple majority of over 50 percent voter support to pass.

Bonneville

What: A $19.2 million, two-year levy.

What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay for staff salaries and benefits with $2.5 million a year slated for support staff like paraeducators and another $990,000 for teachers and counselors. Another $1.2 million would pay for full-day kindergarten. Other big-ticket items include $900,000 for classroom supplies, $950,000 for coaches and other extracurricular activity advisors, and $950,000 for physical education and music programs.

Superintendent Scott Woolstenhulme said the increase in the supplemental levy is due in part to a return to an average daily attendance funding model after schools received funding based on enrollment during COVID.

Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $119.24 annually per $100,000 of taxable assessed property value. The levy would be an increase of $47.20 from the expiring supplemental levy.

The levy requires a simple majority of over 50 percent voter support to pass.

Madison

What: A $3.9 million, two-year levy.

What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay for staff salaries and benefits at $995,000 per year. The rest of the funds would cover safety and technology, curriculum, and transportation.

Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $52.97 annually per $100,000 of taxable assessed value, the same as the expiring supplemental levy.

The levy requires a simple majority of over 50 percent voter support to pass.

Marsh Valley

What: A $2 million, two-year levy.

What’s at stake? The levy would largely cover curriculum at $350,000 per year. Other allocations include special education services at $240,000 and extracurricular activities at $250,000. Literary intervention and career technical education also would receive levy funds.

Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $42.10 annually per $100,000 of taxable assessed value.

The levy requires a simple majority of over 50 percent voter support to pass.

Preston

What: A $2.2 million, two-year levy.

What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay classified staff and substitute teacher salaries at $630,000 per year. Technology and nurse/ mental health services are also big-ticket items. The rest of the levy funds would pay for a school resource officer and extracurricular activities.

Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $81.50 annually per $100,000 of taxable assessed value.

The levy requires a simple majority of over 50 percent voter support to pass.

Ririe

What: A $1 million, two-year levy.

What’s at stake? The levy would largely pay for staff salaries and benefits at $222,000 per year. Another $110,000 each year would pay for a school resource officer. The rest of the levy would go toward purchasing a new bus, maintenance and curriculum.

Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $111 annually per $100,000 of taxable assessed value, an increase of $17 from the expiring levy.

The levy requires a simple majority of over 50 percent voter support to pass.

Soda Springs

What: A $993,000, one-year levy.

What’s at stake? The levy would pay for teacher and staff salaries and a school resource officer.

Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $61.39 annually per $100,000 of taxable assessed value, a reduction of $7.33 from the expiring levy. The reduction is due to an increase in property values. The total cost of the proposed levy and the expiring levy is $993,000.

The levy requires a simple majority of over 50 percent voter support to pass.

Snake River

What: A $1.4 million, two-year levy.

What’s at stake? The levy would largely cover staff salaries at $225,000, as well as curriculum and technology, safety, literacy interventions and all-day kindergarten and supplemental classes programs like music, FFA and athletics.

Impact? The levy would cost taxpayers $67 annually per $100,000 of taxable assessed value, the same as the expiring supplemental levy.

The levy requires a simple majority of over 50 percent voter support to pass.

For full coverage of all the school district bonds and levies Idaho voters will decide on May 19, visit https://www.idahoednews.org/elections/school-districts-to-ask-voters-for-181-million-on-may-ballots.