Two school districts in Linn County are among at least four in Missouri who have learned that they’ll need to redo ballot measures that their patrons had supported in April.

Nearly 92 percent of voters in the Meadville R-IV School District voted to support Proposition CARE, a $1.2 million bond measure with no tax increase. However, the district learned in May from the State Auditor’s Office that they could not go forward with issuing their bonds because of a clerical error outside the district’s control. Meadville Supt. Jeff Haley tells KMMO News that the district has called for a special election on Aug. 5.

If passed, Meadville’s debt service levy will remain unchanged at $1.0500 per $100 of assessed valuation. Haley lists the projects the district hopes to complete if the bond passes.

Haley adds that while a number of projects had been delayed, some prepwork is already underway.

Brookfield R-III’s Proposition Two, which received 68 percent of voter support, was also invalidated by the State Auditor’s Office when they determined that notices printed in local newspapers did not comply with the state’s requirements for advanced notification of a ballot measure. According to minutes from Brookfield’s Board of Education meeting June 17, the district plans to run their $3.9 million bond measure in April 2026. The State Auditor’s Office also cited the notification requirements when invalidating bond measures that voters in the DeKalb and Hallsville school districts passed last spring.