San Jose Unified board to get an update Tuesday on its long-range plan to fix and rebuild schools
The facilities master plan will decide how the district spends its $1.15 billion Measure R school bond.
The San Jose Unified School District board will hear an update Tuesday, Nov. 10, on its Facilities Master Plan, the long-range plan for repairing, modernizing and rebuilding the district's schools. The update is the only business item on the agenda for a special meeting that starts no earlier than 5:30 p.m. It is listed as informational, which means the board is not scheduled to vote on it that night.
San Jose Unified is the city's largest school district. The plan will guide how it spends money from Measure R, a $1.15 billion school bond that district voters approved in November 2024. A bond lets the district borrow money for buildings and repay it through property taxes. By state law, the money can pay only for buildings and equipment, not salaries, the district says.
A study of district buildings found it would cost about $1.6 billion just to bring them up to an adequate condition, according to the district's plan page. The biggest needs are aging roofs, old heating and cooling systems that struggle in extreme heat, and buildings put up before today's safety and building codes. San José Spotlight, a local news site, reported in October that the full plan for all 49 campuses and facilities could cost about $4 billion over 15 years.
The district also needs a board-approved, five-year master plan to qualify for state school-construction matching grants under Proposition 2, a state school bond. The district says it expects to bring the final plan to the board for adoption this fall. It will use a scoring system based on building condition, safety, equity, enrollment and state funding to decide which projects go first.
The public can comment on agenda items at the meeting. Questions about the plan can go to measurer@sjusd.org or 408-535-6000.
Source: San Jose Unified special session agenda, Nov. 10, 2026 (as listed on the San Jose Unified Civic Gallery agenda mirror); San Jose Unified Facilities Master Plan page; San Jose Unified Measure R page; San José Spotlight, Oct. 14, 2026.