School bonds

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- As the mother and grandmother of children with special needs, Heather Young has never voted against a school bond issue.

Ector County Independent School District's needs in career and technology education, fine arts and technology were discussed during the Bond Advisory Committee meeting Thursday at George H.W. Bush New Tech Odessa.

The Jacksonville School District 117, Ill., school board members approved the issuing of up to $15 million in construction bonds Wednesday night.

A new Florida education bill is credit negative for 67 public school districts, Moody's says.

SHOSHONE, Idaho -- The Shoshone School District will bring a $6 million bond to voters in August.

Mecklenburg County, N.C., commissioners voted Tuesday to place a nearly $1 billion bond package for schools on the November ballot.

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.