School bonds

The municipal market will scrutinize the impact of the ultimate contract deal on the school district's books and the city's fiscal burdens.

The Berkeley County School District and its former financial advisors and bond counsel said settlement talks were unsuccessful.

The general obligation bond measure would allocate $9 billion to K-12 schools and $6 billion to the state's universities and community colleges.

Greater Nanticoke Area School District has posted a legal notice of plans to float bonds in an amount "not to exceed" $17.5 million, to be used for "advanced refunding of the school district's outstanding general obligation bond." The move is projected to save about $600,000.

Fitch Ratings upgraded the district to BB-plus from BB-minus.

Penn Hills School District officials hope to save millions through bond refinancing.

Montebello Unified School District allegedly defrauded investors in the sale of $100 million in general obligation bonds.

Fitch Ratings lowered the city’s issuer default rating to AA-minus from AA.

Expanded access to lower-cost borrowing is a credit positive for the charter school sector, according to Moody’s investors Service.

The distric is the legacy entity left to service school bonds after a new district was created to educate Detroit's children.

S&P Global Ratings upgraded Chicago Public Schools to BB-minus from B-plus, and Fitch Ratings upgraded it to BB from BB-minus, ahead of a $369 million deal.

The state intends to implement a working group that will develop a long-term solution for Benton Harbor Area Schools.

Moody's upgraded the Lincoln-Way district, saying it has effected a fiscal turnaround after the management woes and investigations that sent it to junk in 2016.

The district wants to spend $619 million on local school projects, with another $191 million dependent on state funding.

A review after the Puerto Rico special revenues court ruling led Kroll Bond Rating Agency to upgrade the Los Angeles Unified School District's GO bonds.

The refunding would be completed “for traditional savings” and not for restructuring purposes, the school district says.

The governor acted after an independent review found that his former appointee stacked the authority with family and cronies.

Beset by competition from charter schools and a loss of higher-income families, San Antonio Independent School District plans to upgrade facilities and academic programs.

Epic One-on-One Charter School is under investigation for taking taxpayer funding for "ghost students," according to court documents.

The Oak Ridge City Council voted this week on an initial debt resolution for the issuance of up to $5 million in general obligation bonds.