After years of struggling with increasing student enrollments, the Elk Grove Unified School District (Sacramento County, California) conducted two $70 million bond elections to supplement State funding for new schools, improve existing schools, and provide transportation and student support facilities. The 1986 election failed with 64.8 percent voter approval, whereas the 1987 election passed with 74.8 percent voter approval. This report describes how Elk Grove learned from the first election and revised its campaign to pass the second bond election by a three-to-one margin. After describing the district's growth problem and its $285 million needs (including 21 new schools by 1995), the report explains the use of partnership funding to provide maximum state funding for new schools as a first priority, supplemental new school funding from the local bond issue where state funding was inadequate, and district funding for needs not covered by state monies. The Elk Grove tax plan levied a maximum tax rate of $3.82 per month for existing homes and $9.82 per month for new homes. (Attempting to finance all district needs solely with a local bond issue would have produced an excessive tax rate.) Before considering a bond issue, the district exhausted other approaches, such as increasing class size (to qualify for state aid); year-round scheduling; and using portables, busing, double sessions, and other options. Subsequent sections cover planning, organizing, and public relations aspects of a high-profile, successful campaign. Conclusions are also presented. The key to success is community involvement. (MLH)