2025 Election

IMPORTANT DATES

October 6, 2025

Last date to register to vote

October 8, 2025

First date to vote by early ballot

October 24, 2025

Last date to request early ballot

October 28, 2025

Last day to mail in your ballot

November 4, 2025

Election day

See all important election dates as compiled by the Arizona Secretary of State.

2025 M&O Override FAQs

What is an Override?

The establishment of the DVUSD M&O override is a voter authorization to exceed the amount of the budget otherwise allowed by the State of Arizona. This additional amount provides local support of instructional programs deemed important by the community.

The district is asking to override the FY27 (2026-27) budget by 15% to prevent further cuts to teacher pay, free full day kindergarten, and arts & athletics.

Is This a Bond?

No! The bond initiative of past years is separate from the M&O override. The M&O override funds school programs, support services, free full day kindergarten, athletics and arts programs, and a portion of teacher and staff pay.

A bond pays for capital improvements-- physical structures and operations such as building new schools, painting schools or replacing carpeting, updating HVAC systems, and installing and maintaining new security systems. The bond is not on the ballot this November.

What Does the Override Fund?

The M&O override would continue to fund and provide additional resources for:

Funding to Attract and Retain Teachers & Staff.
Maintaining Class Sizes.
Supporting Co-curricular/Extracurricular Activities such as Arts, Chorus, Band, Theater, Dance, Physical Education, and Athletics.
Supporting Specialized Programs for Students, such as Language Immersion, Gifted Services, online Education (Aspire), ROTC, Fine Arts, International Baccalaureate.
Dedicated Funding Source for Free Full-Day Kindergarten, including transportation.
Supporting School and Department Needs.
Continuing Support Services Staff, such as Counseling, Nursing, Literacy, and Instructional Technology.

What Happens if Voters Don't Approve the Override?

If the override is not reauthorized, the District would not be able to maintain the current level of programs and services and would have to continue to make reductions. The district would have to reduce investments in district and school programs by an estimated $11 million in each of the next two years (for a total of approximately $22 million), following initial cuts of $11 million due to the override not being reauthorized by district residents in November 2024.

This means the possible end of student and family programs such as free full-day kindergarten, cuts to athletics and arts programs, and the inability to attract and retain highly-qualified employees.

Does the Override Impact My Taxes?

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The total cost of the override for homeowners is less than $20.67 per month on the average assessed home value. That's an average annual cost of $248.04.

What average expenses in Arizona cost more than $248.04?

One month of groceries for one person ($278.83).

One month of health care coverage ($569).

One month of childcare in a classroom ($787 - $1,293).

Four tickets to an Arizona Cardinals home game ($452.46).

One month of HOA dues ($448).

Four tickets for Disneyland admission ($1,736).

Continuing to fund your community's public education is often less expensive than many activities we take for granted.

Why is DVUSD Seeking This Override?

How Does DVUSD Spend My Tax Dollars?

Overhead view of the choir at Boulder Creek High School

An M&O (Maintenance & Operations) Override allows for continued additional funding that keeps numerous district programs funded, including visual and performing arts, as well as athletics.

2025 Election Quick Links

Register to Vote

Submit Arguments for or against the M&O Override

Responsible and Accountable Spending of Public Funds

Learn more on how DVUSD spends its dollars with the official Arizona Auditor General Report for fiscal year 2024 (FY24).

How Big Will the North Phoenix Population Boom Be?

Just drive down any road within the DVUSD boundaries, then drive down that same road again a few weeks later, and you can see for yourself the incredible growth in the area! Our area will continue to grow, especially after the recent announcement of funding for a third TSMC microchip plant off 43rd Avenue and the 303. TSMC's first chip plant is expected to open in 2025, the second in 2028, and the third by 2030.

Phoenix has always been a popular destination for new arrivals, but how big will the population boom in our area be over the next several years?

A study commissioned for DVUSD in 2022 by Applied Economics, LLC, shows our neighborhood will likely be very different by 2032:

Multifamily development has accounted for nearly 40 percent of total permitting since 2012, with nearly 75 percent of that since 2017. Low density permits have been consistently strong and are increasing.
Potential housing supply additions in the District are estimated at over 66,000 units. The amount of activity forecast in the 2-to-5-year period and beyond indicates a substantial escalation in expected production.
Elementary attendance area enrollment during the first five-year period (2022-27) is forecast to increase by four percent, or 700 students, including the addition of 200 out-of-District students. The largest enrollment increases are expected in the Union Park (560 students), Sonoran Foothills (340 students) and Esperanza (300 students) attendance areas; five additional attendance areas are expected to increase enrollment by more than 12 percent in the next five years (2022-2027).
More dramatic enrollment changes, both gains and losses, in the high school attendance areas are expected over the next 10 years. Significant growth in the Barry Goldwate r attendance area is anticipated throughout the projection period, resulting in the addition of nearly 1,500 students (a 62 percent increase) by 2031/32; in addition, more than 200 out-of-District students are expected to be added over the next 10 years.
Depending on market conditions, total enrollment for DVUSD is forecast to reach anywhere from 35,500 students to 38,000 students by the 2031-32 school year.
Employment projections released in May 2021 by the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity show nearly 550,000 jobs to be added in the state between 2019 and 2029. This represents annualized employment growth of 1.6 percent, outpacing the nation. Maricopa County is forecast to do even better at 1.9 and 1.7 percent growth.
Employment growth in the metro region will not be limited to a single sector or geographic area. Education and health services are to grow the fastest, but manufacturing may have the greatest impact. In north Phoenix, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is working toward a 2025 opening of its’ first phase semiconductor fabrication plant in the U.S. with about 2,000 employees. TSMC is also bringing a significant number of Taiwanese suppliers to Arizona, some of which will locate in north Phoenix and others that will locate elsewhere in the metro region.

You can read the entire report here.

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