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Moody's revised the outlook on the Chicago Board of Education to stable from positive on Monday.
November 4 -
Chicago Public Schools went to market this week with nearly $1.1 billion of refunding bonds in the largest municipal transaction the district ever completed.
October 30 -
Two months after property tax payments would normally be due, Cook County, Illinois, is still struggling to send out accurate bills for the second part of 2024.
October 1 -
The Trump administration is ending Chicago Public Schools' access to $8 million in fiscal year 2026 grant funding, the Department of Education said.
September 26 -
Chicago Public Schools plans to return to market with $650 million of Series 2025A unlimited tax general obligation bonds.
September 10 -
The Chicago Board of Education passed a balanced $10.26 billion budget that leaves the city government to pick up non-teacher pension contributions.
September 3 -
Chicago Public Schools officials said they will not be making a disputed pension payment when they presented the district's 2026 budget at a board meeting Wednesday.
August 19 -
Chicago had a $161 million deficit in fiscal year 2024, according to the annual comprehensive financial report the city released on Monday.
July 1 -
The Chicago Public Schools budget hangs in the balance as Trump's Department of Education targets diversity, equity and inclusion programming.
April 16 -
The Chicago Public Schools ended the week no closer than it started to answering the question of how or if a scheduled pension payment will be made.
March 21 -
Mayor Brandon Johnson's team wants the Chicago Public Schools to refinance debt to free up money for a pension payment to the city.
March 17 -
As Chicago Public Schools tries to get its fiscal house in order, it faces management turmoil, risks to federal funding and threatened immigration raids.
February 5 -
The Chicago Board of Education unanimously approved the firing of Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez late Friday during a heated special meeting.
December 23 -
S&P Global Ratings released a report this week warning that the credit trajectory of the Chicago Board of Education will hinge on several contested factors.
December 6 -
After the school board resigned, the rating agency put Chicago Public Schools on notice that it will watch how its tricky financial situation is handled.
October 17 -
The proposed sale size has grown to $1.5 billion and the city claims it will bring $90 million in savings this year.
October 8 -
The Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday saw its issuer rating and debt ratings from Moody's Investors Service elevated a notch to Ba1 from Ba2.
January 12 -
The Board of Education enters the market with two speculative grade ratings and one investment grade after affirmations from the agencies across the board.
October 24 -
The Board of Education approved a fiscal 2024 budget amid warnings about the need for more state help to manage a gap of up to $700 million in fiscal 2026.
June 29 -
CPS expects to close the current fiscal year with a clean slate on short-term borrowing for a second year in a row but it will still rely on TANs to manage liquidity throughout the next fiscal year.
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