Voters in Tulsa, Jenks, Owasso and Bartlesville voted on more than $80 million in school bond issues Tuesday. 

Tulsa's Union District sought two bonds totaling $19 million to pay for improvements to the Sixth and Seventh Grade Center, textbooks, technology, and to complete the Union Collegiate Academy. The district also wanted to replace aging school buses.

Union voters easily approved both bond propositions, with Prop. 1 (Buildings) passing 78 percent to 22 percent. Prop. 2 (Transportation) passed 79 percent to 21 percent (with 95 percent of precincts reporting).

It takes a 60 percent supermajority to pass a school bond issue in Oklahoma.

Jenks asked voters to approve $10.4 million for textbooks, software, and physical repairs or improvements to several buildings, including security and safety upgrades.

Both the building and the transportation bonds passed in Jenks, squeaking by with 62 percent to 38 percent margins.

The money will also be used for renovations to athletic facilities and two school buses.

Owasso Public Schools asked voters to approve $5 million for technology, books, maintenance and transportation, which they did by slightly larger margins than Jenks voters, 64% to 36%.

The biggest bond issue was on the ballot in Bartlesville, where voters failed to pass the $48 million building proposition, money which the district wanted to use to build a new school, expand existing schools, and consolidate two older schools, Central and Madison.

The vote was split almost precisely down the middle, with 2,569 no votes and 2,527 yes votes. 

Bartlesville Public Schools also sought $1.5 million for tranportation on a separate bond issue. That issue received a 54 percent majority "yes" vote, but did not meet the supermajority requirement.