OAKLAND, Neb. (AP) — A $38.5 million bond measure will be presented to voters as part of a merger plan by two northeast Nebraska school districts.

School boards for the Oakland-Craig and Tekamah-Herman school districts voted Monday to put the measure on the Nov. 8 ballot.

The boards also approved a reorganization plan for state school authorities and authorized an option agreement to buy 80 acres of land for a high school that would be built a half-mile north of Craig.

The merger would take effect Jan. 1.