# ISD 196 *Minnesota school district in Dakota County; named in one at-issue pair on 2023 bond passage.* ISD 196 is one of the Dakota County, [[Minnesota]], school districts whose ballot measures are grouped in a single at-issue pair in the project's record (AI-Dakota-083). The pair records that ISD 196 "passed its 2023 bond." The pack gives no amount, term or vote share for that bond.[^1] The pair places ISD 196 beside three neighbouring districts. [[ISD 191]] renewed a technology capital levy on November 5, 2024, by 65.76 percent. [[ISD 197]] passed a $731-per-pupil operating increase in November 2023 by 60.00 percent and a technology levy by 66.76 percent. [[ISD 194]] has a $139.6 million bond on the May 12, 2026 ballot, with levies running twenty-one years.[^1] The pair's own conclusion is that voters approve these measures and that "the approval is the only place they are consulted." It is anchored to a March 2025 presidential action on fraud, waste and abuse. The project's stated reason for that anchor is that "the one instrument residents vote on is the bill, not the program."[^2] ## Who The pair names no officials of ISD 196 and no individual persons. The record identifies the district only as a body whose voters approved a 2023 bond.[^1] ## What The record shows one documented output for ISD 196: passage of a bond in 2023. It does not establish the bond's dollar amount, its levy term, the vote tally, or the board action that placed it on the ballot.[^1] The pair rests on four sources of two kinds, election results and self-published material. They come from three domains: district196.org, ehlers-inc.com and electionresults.sos.mn.gov. None of these sources is given as a full citable URL in the pack.[^1] ## When - **2023:** ISD 196 passed its bond. The pair gives the year only.[^1] - **November 2023:** ISD 197 passed its operating increase by 60.00 percent and its technology levy by 66.76 percent.[^1] - **November 5, 2024:** ISD 191 renewed its technology capital levy by 65.76 percent.[^1] - **May 12, 2026:** ISD 194's $139.6 million bond is on the ballot, with levies running twenty-one years.[^1] ## In the at-issue record - **Dakota County referenda, 2023–2026 (AI-Dakota-083):** The pair is filed under the section heading *VI. THE MONEY*. It sets ISD 196's 2023 bond beside the ISD 191, ISD 197 and ISD 194 referenda. In the pair's framing, voter approval of the levy or bond is the only point at which residents are consulted.[^1] Its anchor is the White House instrument *Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse*.[^2] ## Notes [^1]: Minnesota wiki at-issue record, *AI-Dakota-083*, drawn from *Dakota_Claims_Exposure_Matrix_2026-09-02* (2026-09-02). It states that ISD 196 passed its 2023 bond, and it gives the ISD 191, ISD 197 and ISD 194 dates, figures and percentages. Its sources are on district196.org, ehlers-inc.com and electionresults.sos.mn.gov, with no full URLs in the pack. The only URL attached to the pair row is its anchor. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/protecting-americas-bank-account-against-fraud-waste-and-abuse/ [^2]: The White House, *Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse* (March 2025). This is the federal instrument cited as the anchor for at-issue pair AI-Dakota-083. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/protecting-americas-bank-account-against-fraud-waste-and-abuse/