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Published October 31, 2009 10:31 pm - Officials with Carl Junction and Webb City school districts on Tuesday will ask voters to let them cash in on federal stimulus funds available for construction projects. Under the Qualified School Construction Bond Program, approximately $140 million is available through federal stimulus funds for Missouri school districts this year for capital projects. The issues will require a four-sevenths majority, or about 57.1 percent, to pass Webb City, Carl Junction schools hope to take advantage of program funded through stimulus package By Emily Younker eyounker@joplinglobe.com Officials with Carl Junction and Webb City school districts on Tuesday will ask voters to let them cash in on federal stimulus funds available for construction projects. Under the Qualified School Construction Bond Program, approximately $140 million is available through federal stimulus funds for Missouri school districts this year for capital projects. The issues will require a four-sevenths majority, or about 57.1 percent, to pass. The bond proposals would have normally required a two-thirds majority for passage in a special vote in an off-year November election. But state lawmakers took steps for the reduced-margin requirement to help school districts qualify for the federal stimulus money. Carl Junction A $1 million bond issue has been proposed in Carl Junction for school repairs and renovations. If approved, the district would be able to borrow a portion of the amount in interest-free bonds through the federal program. School officials say that with the break on interest, projected growth in the district’s assessed valuation and the incremental retirement of current debt, the district’s current 82-cent debt-service levy should accommodate payments on the new bonds. No extension of the debt schedule will be needed, officials said. The proposal would fund the replacement of heating, ventilation and air conditioning; roof repairs; and lighting upgrades, according to Superintendent Phil Cook. “There are real needs to update the facilities,” Cook said. The air conditioning system in the kindergarten and first-grade building, for example, has been part of the school since it was built in 1972, Cook said. “For the past couple of years, it’s been patching it back together, and it’s just a matter of time before it gives out,” he said. Cook also said the lighting in the second- and third-grade and intermediate buildings, and the roof of the intermediate building are overdue for upgrades. 
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