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Bellingham School District #501 · Fund #300 · Debt Service

Bellingham SD #501 Bond Debt Service Fund

Bellingham School District #501 Bond Debt Service Fund accounts for the principal and interest payments on the District's outstanding general-obligation bonds. Funded by a voter-approved excess property-tax levy under ...

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About this fund

Bellingham School District #501 Bond Debt Service Fund accounts for the principal and interest payments on the District's outstanding general-obligation bonds. Funded by a voter-approved excess property-tax levy under WA Constitution Art. VIII §6 and RCW 28A.530.

Bond ballot measures require 60% supermajority approval and a minimum 40% turnout (the "validation requirement").

Authorization

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RCW citation: RCW 28A.530; WA Constitution Art. VIII §6

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Methodology note

Real Record tracks BSD #501 bond debt service separately from operating and capital funds. Bond rate adjusts annually based on outstanding principal and assessed-value totals.

Sources: Bellingham School District #501 adopted budgets and Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFRs); Chart of Accounts; Real Briefings meeting coverage. Real Record renders the published fund data in plain language; we don't change the numbers. Where the source publishes a different classification than ours, both are shown.