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Much of the support for the campaign to pass Dallas ISD\u2019s\u00a0$6.2 billion\u00a0bond issue came from companies and executives in the construction, architecture and real estate industries, records\u00a0show.<\/span><\/p>

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The top individual donor to the campaign was Dallas billionaire Ray Hunt, and the biggest overall donor was the\u00a0education advocacy nonprofit Commit Partnership. Other top\u00a0contributors\u00a0included construction\u00a0companies and executives that have worked with Dallas ISD in the past, including leaders from The Beck Group and\u00a0Lincoln Property Company.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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The campaign received contributions from 47 donors in amounts ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to $10 or less, records from the Texas Ethics Commission show.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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The list of donors to the campaign also includes education advocates and other Dallas business leaders. Hunt, chairman of Hunt Consolidated, Inc., donated $50,000. Through a spokesman, Hunt declined to comment.<\/p>\n

Out of 47 donations overall, 24 came from construction firms and executives, including some that have worked with Dallas ISD on past construction projects.<\/p>\n

J. Tim Byrne, CEO of the Dallas-based Lincoln Property Company, donated $25,000. The company has handled real estate transactions for Dallas ISD. Officials with the company didn\u2019t respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n

Fred Perpall, CEO of The Beck Group, donated $20,000. Dallas ISD hired the construction and architecture firm to serve as construction manager during the building of the new Thomas Jefferson High School and Walnut Hill International Leadership Academy. The campuses replaced school buildings that were badly damaged in a tornado on Oct. 20, 2019.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Perpall said the bond issue was important for the city\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot have a great Dallas without great schools,\u201d he said. \u201cEducation creates opportunities and enables more people to fully participate in the strength of our community. This effort reflects an investment in students and the long-term future of Dallas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dallas ISD officials and bond campaign leaders declared victory Saturday evening, after early and absentee vote returns showed all four parts of the bond issue held a commanding lead. Final vote tallies showed the bond, the largest in state history, passed easily. There was little organized opposition to the proposal.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Dupree Scovell, co-chair of the bond campaign and managing partner of Woodbine Development Corporation, said the city\u2019s business community showed strong support for the campaign.<\/p>

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Many of the business leaders who supported the campaign\u00a0haven\u2019t\u00a0had kids in Dallas ISD for years,\u00a0if\u00a0ever,\u00a0said Scovell, who was also one of the campaign\u2019s largest individual donors.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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\u201cThey care about this city, and they know this is the right thing for our community\u00a0going\u00a0forward,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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The largest single donation \u2014 $220,000, or about a third of the campaign\u2019s budget \u2014 came from the nonprofit Commit Partnership, which advocates for better economic opportunity through public education. A separate $35,000 donation came from the nonprofit\u2019s sister organization, Commit To Students. Miguel Solis, president of the Commit Partnership and a former Dallas ISD school board member, served as co-chair of the campaign.<\/p>\n

Todd Williams, founder and CEO of the Commit Partnership, said the bond issue represents one of the most transformational investments Dallas has ever made in its children. Dallas ISD leaders have said the bond issue would allow the district to get ahead of deferred maintenance and add enough classroom space to get thousands of students out of aging portable classrooms. Those investments send students the message that they matter, Williams said.<\/p>\n

Commit has supported a number of North Texas school district bond issues. Historically, school districts have limited those proposals to what they thought voters would approve, Williams said, which meant they rarely covered everything the district needed. He said it was encouraging to see Dallas voters show such strong support for a bond package that will bring the district up to where it needs to be in terms of facilities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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