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Influences contributing to the successful passage of a school bond referendum in the Conroe Independent School District
The purpose of this study was to determine what factors
influenced the voters' decision during the October 1, 1994
Conroe Independent School District(CISD) Bond Referendum.
Questionnaires were sent to 400 randomly selected voters who
voted absentee/early in the October 1, 1994 CISD School Bond
Referendum during the summer of 1995. Personal interviews
were conducted during the fall of 1995 to gather further
data. Twenty of the twenty-six factors present during the
October 1, 1994, CISD School Bond Referendum were found to be
significant influences on voter approval. Those factors
included: the opportunity for early/absentee voting, trust in
the CISD School Board, trust in the CISD administration,
trust in CISD in general, the involvement of school
personnel, personal endorsements and endorsements from the
chambers of commerce, the growth in student population,
having children in CISD, having detailed information about
the bond referendum, information comparing surrounding school
district's tax rates, previous school bond follow-through,
information on the cost increase for the average home in
CISD, government compliance needs, the use of a public
relations campaign, campus activities to promote the needs of
bond passage, community participation in the bond referendum,
parent participation in the bond election, the consequences
of a failed bond referendum, the theme "Taking Hold of the
Future ... A Plan for our Students to the Year 2000", and the
presence of long range planning. The six factors that were
not found to be significant influences on the voters were:
the influence of the CISD Facility Planning Committee,
previous CISD tax cuts, previous cost cutting measures in
CISD, the focus on the needs of all of the students in CISD,
voting on a single issue, and having children formerly in
CISD. Prior research supported the influence of the
findings of the present study. One area of research that is
void of data is the effect of early/absentee voting
opportunities. The findings of the present study support the
assumption of the positive influence of early/absentee voting
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