AUSTIN, Texas — Austin Independent School District is getting ready to unveil its billion-dollar school bond in November, but before that, they want the community to see why the bond is so big.

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The bond proposal falls at a whopping $1.05 billion, a majority of which will fund the construction of new buildings and upgrading outdated facilities.

Rosedale Elementary could see a major upgrade if the bond is approved this fall.

The school is home to dozens of special-needs students in Austin.

"We serve students with cognitive disabilities, and three different groups of students,” said Elizabeth Dickey, Rosedale Elementary Principal. “So students with medical needs, students with social behavioral needs, and students in the transition in those last few years before they graduate."

The school serves students ages 3 to 21 who are medically fragile, and caring for them in an 80-year-old facility isn't ideal.

"We are in a failing building right now,” said Dickey. “It is very challenging to create the educational opportunities that our students need in a building that wasn't designed to do that, and a building that is filled with failing systems currently.”

From leaking roofs and windows to outdated air conditioning and an old electrical system, Rosedale Elementary desperately needs help – help that is contingent on voters approving that hefty billion-dollar bond in November.

"Our idea was to make sure that we could defend every single data point in this plan,” said Matias Segura, AECOM Project Manager. “So the numbers are what they are, but they're appropriate given the market that we're in and the types of projects we're looking at."

Of the proposed billion dollars, more than 40 million would go to build a new school for Rosedale Elementary.

It's one of 16 potential new or modernized facilities AISD would generate if the bond is passed.

"This bond gives us opportunity to create a building specifically designed for our students, it's the most exciting thing that could happen for students," Dickey said.

Which is exactly what those at Rosedale Elementary want voters to think about when casting their ballots.

If the bond is approved, construction for the new Rosedale Elementary school would begin in June.

Election Day is Nov. 7, and early voting starts Oct. 23.