An extension of a current bond is one measure on the ballot for Kirkwood Community College during Tuesday’s school elections.

Voters will decide on the renewal of a 25-cent per $1,000 valuation Kirkwood bond issue that was originally approved in 2005. Kirkwood Washington Regional Center Director Tera Pickens says it is on the ballot across the seven-county Kirkwood region. She explains the current tax rate would not increase and if approved would extend it to 2032, “If chosen to extend, like I said, the tax rate will not change. It will continue to cost the owner of a $100,000 home just simply 12-cents per week. But when you take that across our seven-county region what’s really amazing is the extension of the bond would actually be generating $60 million in funds to promote the success of Kirkwood students.”

The funds generated would help upgrade some of the Kirkwood facilities, including the agriculture building on the main campus in Cedar Rapids. For more information listen to the Washington Page with Pickens today.