School bonds

The financial and management challenges facing the Houston Independent School District have so far have not affected its bond ratings.

The district priced debt Thursday at narrower spreads than it faced in a November sale.

Vallejo school district Superintendent Adam Clark says he is "disappointed" by the school board's decision Wednesday night not to place a $194 million bond on the November ballot to address the district's crumbling facilities.

Wake County leaders are hoping taxpayers will be more willing to support borrowing money for school construction projects if they don't ask them for more than $1 billion at a time.

Voters approved Omaha Public Schools' $410 million bond referendum and another district's $510 million measure.

Spokane Public Schools officials are exploring the possibility of placing a major bond measure on the November ballot that would move up the timetable for building three new middle schools and replacing three others.

The district is promoting structural protections and fiscal gains as it prepares to go to market with a $260 million refunding.

Ball State University's takeover of the troubled Muncie Schools will come as soon as July 1.

The Miami-Dade County School District improved its disclosure practices to provide better bond investor outreach.

Thanks to what one county official termed an "incredible" bond sale, Lee County will pay less interest than expected on a $33 million loan.