School bonds

The state's experience shows how competition for funding has shifted away from traditional schools, S&P Global Ratings says in a new report.

The general obligation bonds are secured by property tax assessments that don't flow through a school district budget that is threatened with insolvency.

Most Fullerton voters in March will cast a ballot on three school bond measures: two for local districts and one for schools statewide.

A recent $11.6 million financial move by Middletown Schools will put some money back into local taxpayers' pockets.

Chicago Public Schools long climb back to investment grade continues

A 25-vote defeat turned into an 11-vote victory for the Midland Independent School District measure.

Proposition CC, which would have repealed the revenue cap built into Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights, promised to help fund three of the state's most notably underfunded buckets: K-12 education, higher education and transportation infrastructure.

Voters in the Lone Star State approved $14.5 billion of the $16 billion in state and local bonds on the ballot Nov. 5.

The Ann Arbor, Michigan, schools persuaded voters that waiting would be more expensive, while pitching greener buildings in an education-driven community.

The labor deal with teachers to end an 11-school-day strike puts pressure on Chicago Public Schools in the out years, say FItch and S&P.