School bonds

Registered advisory firm Dale Scott & Co. will pay $25,000, and one firm and one individual each will pay $10,000 for acting as unregistered solicitors.

The New Philadelphia Board of Education took the first step Monday toward placing a $41.9 million bond issue on the November general election ballot.

Moody's downgrade to Aa3 affects $10.2 billion in outstanding debt.

The junk-rated district's latest cash flow issue was nearly eight times oversubscribed as it trimmed rates substantially from previous sales.

Texas school districts sort through the implications of a new legislative formula to increase per-pupil funding.

Alabama’s highest-ever education budget and Louisiana’s largest increase in a decade are both credit positive, Moody’s says.

Months after the school district cut a deal to end a teacher walkout, voters rejected a tax measure to help pay for it.

As the district braces for possible state receivership, Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale calls for a 'real-time' audit.

Bills to limit the revenue flexibility of local governments and put more state funding toward schools were driven by a desire to limit property taxes.

Two rating agencies offered slightly different takes on how school districts would fare.

Kroll boosts San Diego rating to triple-A in wake of Puerto Rico court's special revenues decision.

Motions were filed to dismiss the Berkeley County School lawsuit, which alleges its CFO and finance team schemed to defraud the district.

Legislation to put bond measures and the 2020 and 2022 ballots has cleared two Assembly committees.

Detroit Public Schools Community District has substantial capital needs but its ability to fund them is constrained.

The top three bond proposals — all in excess of $1 billion — won easy approval even as some large school district measures fell short.

When Zumbrota-Mazeppa voters go to the polls May 14 to cast their ballots on a $49.95 million construction bond referendum, they won't be voting on anything fancy.

The Berkeley County School District said Hilltop Securities agreed to pay back fees the district paid to a predecessor firm from 2012 to 2014.

School districts dominate the list of 64 issuers seeking $11.2 billion of debt authority.

Gary Community School Corp. in Indiana wants to test its access to the bond market with a $5 million bond refunding.

A higher state sales tax would be used to help fund public schools, in connection with a cap on local property taxes.