School bonds

Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co. hired James Terry to manage the growing demand for public school financing in Texas, the firm said.

Chief Executive Officer Forrest Claypool will step down at the after being accused of lying and engaging in a cover-up of an ethics probe of a top aide.

The SEC is investigating after the school district's bond management practices were questioned in an audit.

The Philadelphia School District’s planned transition back to local control after 16 years of state control could add credit pressure the city’s 13 charter schools, according to S&P Global Ratings.

Moving toward a $23 million bond issue in April, the School of the Osage Board of Education voted recently to refinance more than $9 million in existing debt at a significant savings to the school district.

Voters in the Ridgefield School District passed a $78 million bond in February, and district officials are already gearing up for its next anticipated bond vote, most likely coming in February 2019.

As Evergreen Public Schools ramps up to ask voters for hundreds of millions of dollars for school construction dollars, a district-commissioned survey shows its voters overwhelmingly support the effort.

In two public meetings Thursday, Aiken County school officials accounted for their stewardship of the 1 cent sales tax that has funded several projects and made a pitch for a new $90 million bond issue to keep up with anticipated growth.

The West Ada School District board of trustees has approved resolutions to ask voters to approve a $95 million bond — which includes about $60 million for a new high school — and a two-year supplemental levy of $14 million per year.

The precarious footing of the West Clark Community Schools Corp. has led to the board rescinding its prior vote to use general obligation bonds to address immediate heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and safety needs across the district.