School bonds

POTTSBORO, Texas -- While the board of trustees for the Pottsboro Independent School District continued discussions on the multimillion-dollar bond package Monday night, a final figure for the package remains under consideration.

A Katy ISD, Texas, committee has finished crafting a bond referendum proposal worth about $609.2 million that will soon be presented to the district's board of trustees to be approved for a place on the ballot of November's elections.

The Austin, Texas, school board early Tuesday morning approved 40 bond projects totaling $990 million, but delayed the actual vote for calling for a November bond election until next week.

The Chicago Public Schools paid a punishing yield on short-term state grant anticipation notes.

A Northern California charter school operator with four schools wants to move into Chapter 7.

California lawmakers approved a $183.2 billion all-funds budget package.

CAMDEN, Maine -- Voters here and in the neighboring town of Rockport overwhelmingly approved Tuesday a $25.2 million bond to construct a new middle school for the two towns' middle school students.

Tucson's largest school district will seek voters' help to address critical facilities needs, including repairs to heating and cooling systems.

Austin district trustees on Wednesday night continued their work on formulating a bond package, but after discussing projects for four hours, they didn't quite land on an exact bond package or amount to put before voters.

The Hunt County Commissioners Court has approved the sale of the first bonds which will help pay for multiple projects in the $24 million road bond package approved by voters in November.