Save the Date: 2025 Election Dates & Deadlines

For 2025, the regular election dates for millage or bond proposals are:

May 6
August 5
November 4

While January’s blistering cold makes springtime feel far away, schools interested in placing a millage or bond proposal on the May ballot should contact their election attorney right away. A certified copy of the board resolution approving ballot language for a millage or bond proposal must be filed with the school’s election coordinator (typically the county clerk) at least 12 weeks before the chosen election date. For the May 2025 election, that deadline is Tuesday, February 11, 2025, at 4:00 p.m.

Registered electors in a school district may also circulate petitions to place a millage or bond proposal on the ballot on a date other than the three election dates listed above. Petitions bearing a sufficient number of signatures must be filed at least 12 weeks before the applicable election date. For 2025, the remaining available petition initiative “floater” election dates are the following Tuesdays (even if the date is a state holiday):

June 17, 24
July 1
September 16, 23, 30
December 16, 23, 30

The 2025 regular and available “floater” election dates may be used to seek voter approval for any of the following:

• millage renewal;
• restoration/override of Headlee reduction to existing millage;
• new millage, such as sinking fund, recreational, special education, or regional enhancement; or
• voted bonds.

For a new bond issue that a school district would like qualified under the School Bond Qualification and Loan Program, school officials should contact their bond attorney at least seven months before the prospective election date to schedule a preliminary qualification meeting with the Department of Treasury.