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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF THE HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN SCHOOLS, HAMILTON COUNTY, INDIANA

The citizens of the Hamilton Southeastern Schools, Hamilton County, Indiana (the “School Corporation”), are hereby notified that the Board of School Trustees (the “Board”) of the School Corporation, proposes to pay for all or a portion of the costs incurred, or to be incurred, by the School Corporation in connection with the 2024 Operations Fund Reimbursement Project, as defined and described in the resolution adopted by the Board on September 11, 2024 (the “2024 Operations Fund Reimbursement Project”) with the proceeds of one or more series of general obligation bonds to be issued by the School Corporation, to be designated as the “Hamilton Southeastern Schools, Hamilton County, Indiana, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2024 (Taxable)” (with such further letter designation as determined at the time of issuance by the Superintendent of the School Corporation, the Chief Financial Officer of the School Corporation or the Director of Business of the School Corporation) (collectively, the “2024 Taxable General Obligation Bonds”).  A portion of the proceeds of the 2024 Taxable General Obligation Bonds will also be used to pay for all or a portion of the costs and expenses incurred in connection with or on account of the issuance of the 2024 Taxable General Obligation Bonds.  The 2024 Taxable General Obligation Bonds will be issued in an aggregate original principal amount not to exceed $6,700,000, have a final maturity date of no later than December 31, 2029, and bear interest at a maximum rate or rates not to exceed 7.00% to be determined by negotiation.

Notice is hereby given by the undersigned that the Board will, on October 23, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. (local time), in the Board Room of the School Corporation’s Central Office, located at 13485 Cumberland Road, Fishers, Indiana, conduct a public hearing regarding the matter of appropriating the proceeds of the 2024 Taxable General Obligation Bonds and investment earnings thereon.  All interested parties are entitled and encouraged to attend to present their testimony and ask any questions relative to the 2024 Operations Fund Reimbursement Project or the 2024 Taxable General Obligation Bonds.

Subsequent to the public hearing, the Board expects to consider adoption of a resolution regarding the appropriating of the proceeds of the 2024 Taxable General Obligation Bonds and the investment earnings thereon for the purposes described herein.

Dated this 7^th day of October, 2024.

HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN SCHOOLS,
HAMILTON COUNTY, INDIANA

By: Patrick Mapes, Superintendent

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BY THE HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN SCHOOLS, HAMILTON COUNTY, INDIANA, CONCERNING A POSSIBLE 2025 FALL CREEK INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL RENOVATION AND UPDATE PROJECT

The citizens of the Hamilton Southeastern Schools, Hamilton County, Indiana (the “School Corporation”), are hereby notified that the Board of School Trustees of the School Corporation (the “Board”) is considering all or any portion of certain renovation, upgrade, improvement, expansion and/or equipping projects at the existing Fall Creek Intermediate School, its related outdoor facilities and site improvements on which the existing Fall Creek Intermediate School and its related outdoor facilities, are, or will be, located and other miscellaneous facility improvement, construction, equipping and land improvement and/or acquisition projects at one or more facilities operated by the School Corporation or to be used by the School Corporation in connection with its operations, and all projects related to any of the foregoing (collectively, the “2025 Fall Creek Intermediate School Renovation and Update Project”).

The estimated cost of the 2025 Fall Creek Intermediate School Renovation and Update Project will be in excess of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000), all or a portion of which will be financed by issuing one or more series of general obligation bonds and/or entering into one or more leases or one or more amendments to one or more existing leases with one or more Indiana nonprofit school building corporations or other funds as they may become available.  Notice is hereby given by the undersigned that the Board will, on October 9, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. (local time) and again on October 23, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. (local time), in the Board Room of the School Corporation’s Central Office, located at 13485 Cumberland Road, Fishers, Indiana, conduct a public hearing (1) to explain the potential value of the 2025 Fall Creek Intermediate School Renovation and Update Project to the School Corporation and the community, and (2) regarding a preliminary determination to issue one or more series of general obligation bonds and/or enter into a proposed lease or leases or a proposed amendment or amendments to an existing lease or leases between one or more Indiana nonprofit school building corporations, each as lessor, and the School Corporation, as lessee, to finance all or any portion of the costs of all or any portion of the 2025 Fall Creek Intermediate School Renovation and Update Project.  The proposed lease or leases or proposed amendment or amendments to an existing lease or leases will relate to all or any portion of facilities currently operated or to be operated by the School Corporation.  At each of the hearings the Board will also hear objections to, and support for, all or any portion of the 2025 Fall Creek Intermediate School Renovation and Update Project from the general public.

All interested parties are entitled and encouraged to attend to present their testimony and ask any questions relative to the 2025 Fall Creek Intermediate School Renovation and Update Project at either or both of the hearings.

Subsequent to the public hearing held on October 23, 2024, the Board expects to consider adoption of a resolution regarding the nature of the 2025 Fall Creek Intermediate School Renovation and Update Project and making a preliminary determination to issue one or more series of general obligation bonds and/or enter into a proposed lease or leases or a proposed amendment or amendments to an existing lease or leases for the purposes and pursuant to the terms described in this notice.

Dated the 23^rd day of September, 2024.

HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN SCHOOLS,
HAMILTON COUNTY, INDIANA

By: Patrick Mapes, Superintendent

NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF THE HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN SCHOOLS, HAMILTON COUNTY, INDIANA, TO ISSUE ONE OR MORE SERIES OF PROPOSED GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED 2024 OPERATIONS FUND REIMBURSEMENT PROJECT

Owners of real property, and registered voters residing, in the Hamilton Southeastern Schools, Hamilton County, Indiana (the “School Corporation”), hereby are given notice that the Board of School Trustees of the School Corporation (the “Board”) preliminarily has determined, at its meeting held September 11, 2024, that (1) a need exists for the reimbursement of the Operations Fund of the School Corporation in connection with all or any portion of (1) prior facility renovation and site improvement projects at one or more facilities operated by the School Corporation, (2) prior equipment acquisitions to be used in connection with the School Corporation’s operations at all or a portion of the facilities operated by the School Corporation, including, but not limited to, technology equipment, software licenses, security equipment and physical conditioning equipment, (3) prior bus and/or vehicle acquisitions to be used in connection with the School Corporation’s operations, and (4) all prior projects related to any of the projects described in clauses (1) through and including (3) (clauses (1) through and including (4) (collectively, the “2024 Operations Fund Reimbursement Project”); and (2) to the extent permitted by law, to take all of the necessary steps to finance all or a portion of the costs of all, or as much as is possible based on the facts and circumstances at the time, of the 2024 Operations Fund Reimbursement Project by issuing one or more series of proposed general obligation bonds, the interest on which will not be excludable from federal income tax (the “Bonds”). The total maximum original aggregate principal amount of the Bonds be Six Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($6,700,000).

Based on an estimated maximum average interest rate that will be paid in connection with the Bonds of seven percent (7.00%) per annum, the total interest cost associated therewith, including any capitalized interest that may be paid by the School Corporation on all or a portion of the Bonds, is $1,470,283.  The maximum annual principal and interest to be paid on the Bonds is $7,140,000, and the maximum total principal and interest to be paid on the Bonds is $8,170,283, not taking into account any funds of the School available for capitalized interest.  The School Corporation’s certified total aggregate exempt and non-exempt debt service fund tax levy for 2023 pay 2024 (which is the most recent certified tax levy) is $63,363,448, and the School Corporation’s aggregate exempt and non-exempt debt service fund tax rate for 2023 pay 2024 (which is the most recent certified tax rate) is $0.5833 per $100 of assessed value.  The estimated total maximum aggregate exempt and non-exempt debt service fund tax levy for the School Corporation and the estimated total maximum aggregate exempt and non-exempt debt service fund tax rate for the School Corporation after the issuance of the Bonds are anticipated to occur no earlier than 2024 pay 2025 and will be $72,620,287 and $0.5984 per $100 of assessed value, respectively, and are anticipated to continue at approximately these levels through at least 2033 pay 2034, as a result of the payment of the debt service on the General Obligation Bonds and the amount of the debt service payments on other bonds and lease rental obligations paid by the School Corporation; provided, however, the total tax rate for the School Corporation for 2024 pay 2025 is anticipated to remain at $1.1433 per $100 of assessed value.  The percent of the School Corporation’s current annual debt service/lease payments and projected maximum annual debt service/lease payments after the issuance of the Bonds compared to the net assessed value of taxable property within the School Corporation is seventy-one one hundredths of one percent (0.71%).  The percent of the School Corporation’s outstanding long term debt, together with the outstanding long term debt of other taxing units that include any of the territory of the School Corporation, compared to the net assessed value of taxable property within the School Corporation is approximately five and eighty-seven one hundredths of one percent (5.87%). 

Petitions requesting the application of the local public question process to the Bonds and/or debt service payments related to the 2024 Operations Fund Reimbursement Project may be filed with the Hamilton County Voter Registration Office within thirty (30) days after the date of the publication of this notice in the manner provided by Indiana Code § 6-1.1-20-3.5, as amended.  If a sufficient petition requesting the application of the local public question process to the Bonds and/or debt service payments related to the 2024 Operations Fund Reimbursement Project has been filed as set forth in Indiana Code § 6-1.1-20-3.5, as amended, the Bonds and/or debt service payments related to the 2024 Operations Fund Reimbursement Project must be approved in an election on a local public question held under Indiana Code § 6-1.1-20-3.6, as amended, prior to the levy of any property taxes to pay such proposed debt service payments.  In the event that a sufficient petition requesting the application of the local public question process to the Bonds and/or debt service payments related to the 2024 Operations Fund Reimbursement Project has been filed as set forth in Indiana Code § 6-1.1-20-3.5, as amended, the Board has determined to reconvene as soon as possible after receiving notice of such petition to consider approval of the form of the public question to be recommended to the Hamilton County Auditor and the Hamilton County Election Board for consideration by the registered voters at the election conducted under Indiana Code § 6-1.1-20-3.6, as amended, and other related matters.

Dated:  September 16, 2024.

HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN SCHOOLS,
HAMILTON COUNTY, INDIANA

By: Patrick Mapes, Superintendent

What is ESSER Funding? 

The purpose of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Funds in general is to award subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to address the impact that COVID-19 has had, and continues to have, on elementary and secondary schools. The ESSER Funds are part of the third stimulus and emergency COVID relief funding stream authorized as part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP). Of the total amount allocated to an LEA from the State’s ARP ESSER III award, the LEA must reserve at least 20 percent of funds to address learning loss through the implementation of evidence-based interventions and ensure that those interventions respond to students’ social, emotional, and academic needs and address the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on underrepresented student subgroups. Remaining LEA funds may be used for a wide range of activities to address needs arising from the coronavirus pandemic. 
  

How much funding will Hamilton Southeastern Schools receive? 

ESSER III is a third stimulus and emergency COVID relief funding stream authorized as part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act that was enacted in March 2021. While all public school districts are eligible for ESSER III funding, the allocation formula is equitably based on the district's share of Title 1 allocation. HSE received $2,948,752.50 for ESSER III funding that will be available through a reimbursement process for expenses paid by the Corporation. ESSER III funds must be encumbered (meaning all approved activities have occurred) by 9/30/2024. The last date for liquidation and final reimbursement is 12/15/2024. 

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