Higher education bonds

Ohio State University approved a final $483 million concession agreement to lease its parking system for 50 years to QIC Global Infrastructure and LAZ Parking.

DALLAS — Moody’s Investors Service will keep the Aaa rating of Texas’ Alamo Community College District on negative outlook because of its exposure to a weakened U.S. credit profile, the agency said.

Despite a downgrade to Ba1 by Moody’s Investors Service, the Temple University Health System saw strong demand for $311 million of revenue and refunding bonds issued through the Philadelphia Hospitals and Higher Education Facilities Authority.

More Puerto Rico bonds are coming to market on Tuesday in a $78 million sale of higher education revenue debt and revenue refunding bonds.

The Internal Revenue Service has closed an audit without changing the tax-exempt status of $219.22 million of bonds that were issued by the curators of the University of Missouri in 2006.

CHICAGO — Ohio State University on Friday is expected to tap a private investor that has offered $483 million in cash to take over the school’s parking system for 50 years in a deal that would make OSU the first public university to privatize such an asset.

City Colleges of Chicago chief financial officer Kenneth Gotsch has resigned to take over the financial reins of Columbia College Chicago.

CHICAGO — Kent State University will come to market Thursday with $170 million of new-money bonds that will raise funds for a large capital plan at the school's main campus in Kent, Ohio.

The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York sold $140 million of new-money and refunding revenue bonds for triple-A rated Columbia University on Wednesday, after retail priced the same day.

At its meeting on Wednesday the board of the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York approved approximately $3.9 billion in financings for higher education and health care institutions.

DALLAS — Top Louisiana officials said Monday that higher education and public health would be devastated by fiscal 2013 spending cuts mandated by a budget passed late last week by the House.

CHICAGO — The Illinois Finance Authority last week advanced financings on behalf of Loyola University of Chicago and Lake Forest College to help fund upgrades to residential and other student facilities considered key to the schools' appeal.

Moody’s Investors Service Tuesday upgraded to B1 from B3 the rating on Southern California University of Health Science’s Series 1997 bonds and also revised the outlook to positive from negative on $7.5 million of outstanding bonds.

The University of Texas System Board of Regents last week said the system would contribute $25 million a year to operations of a medical school in Austin if locals provide $35 million a year.

Fitch Ratings has affirmed its AAA rating on $92.8 million of Series 2003 variable-rate demand bonds and $101 million of Series 2002 VRDBs issued by the New Hampshire Health and Education Facilities Authority.

The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York sold $86.3 million of New York University revenue bonds on Thursday.

Fitch Ratings downgraded California’s Santa Clarita Community College District to AA from AA-plus and revised the outlook to negative from stable.

BRADENTON, Fla. — After a successful and rare competitive deal last year, Appalachian State University in northwestern North Carolina this week plans to competitively sell $25.8 million of general revenue refunding bonds.

Trustees of Pulaski Technical College voted last week to delay a property tax election until the measure can be the only tax item on the ballot.

Louisiana State University supervisors will consider a request Friday for $100 million of revenue bonds to add seats at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge.