School bonds

Battle Ground Public Schools hopes the third time will be the charm for school construction funding, as the school board voted 4-1 Wednesday to again put a bond measure before district voters.

Residents of the Derby, Kan., school district approved one bond issue but rejected two others in a special election on Tuesday.

The Albert Lea school board marked its calendar for May 8 with Tuesday night's five-to-one vote in favor of a special election regarding a building bond to update Hammer Complex.

Saugatuck Public Schools is asking the community to approve a $50.7 million bond and a renewal of the district's .5 mill sinking fund in the May 8 election.

School districts and other local governments that fail to pass a tax would have to wait a year before asking voters again, under a bill that cleared a state House committee Friday on a party-line vote.

Voters denied a bond Tuesday that would have paid for school renovations and a new workforce readiness center for Chester County students.

For the second consecutive voting cycle, Waxahachie residents will decide the fate of a proposed bond to address population growth.

Voters sided with school officials trying to keep up with growth in north Spokane and agreed gave the Mead School District another $114 million for a new middle school, elementary school and football stadium.

Pullman voters approved two bond measures yesterday evening that will result in a new City Hall among other things.

It's disappointment again for Battle Ground Public Schools, Wash., where not enough voters supported a $224.9 million school bond.

Fourteen San Angelo ISD campuses are targeted for upgrades and repairs if a nearly $149 million bond is passed by voters in May.

Laredo ISD trustees decided Thursday night to float a $150 million bond that would pay for a new Cigarroa Middle School.

In King County alone, 16 school districts are asking voters in this month's special election to approve levy measures that would generate more than $1billion in revenue over four years, starting in 2019.

A $27 million bond issue would pay to build, furnish and equip an elementary school building that would replace the district's two older ones.

Las Cruces Public Schools voters passed a $50 million bond measure with a wide margin Tuesday.

Voters in the Santa Fe school district on Tuesday approved a trio of ballot questions that will allow both Santa Fe Public Schools and the Santa Fe Community College to renew property tax mill levies to provide money for capital projects.

An $8.6 million bond issue to expand and upgrade Janesville Consolidated School was approved Tuesday by just over 62% of voters.

Ball State University would control the financially distressed Muncie school district through an appointed seven-member board.

Four years after passing a $182 million school bond measure, Escondido Unified School District is considering asking voters for an additional $150 million.

Olympia School District and Yelm Community Schools both have measures on the Feb. 13 ballot.