School bonds

The Palmyra-Eagle Area School District is now saddled with a junk rating amid fiscal and leadership turmoil.

Schools in Antioch's older district could soon see some upgrades following the school board trustees' approval of $10.75 million in new bond sales.

After two recounts produced different results, the Midland Independent School District's $569 million measure bond fell 26 votes short.

Miroslava Mejia Krug is a veteran of top fiscal posts at two Chicago-area private higher education institutions.

The Palmyra-Eagle district can't dissolve, and must find a way to close a looming budget gap as its reserves and enrollment dwindle.

At Jefferson High School, the community wants more seats in its historic auditorium. Students and parents at Southeast Portland's Cleveland High want to build classrooms, and possibly a performing arts center, on top of the parking lot behind the Burgerville on Powell Boulevard.

County and school leaders need to decide by this summer, at the very latest, if they will seek voters' permission this year to issue bonds to pay for school construction.

The Palmyra-Eagle Area School District says it will run out of operating funds in the next school year.

The new law gives school districts more power to deny charter applications, a credit positive for school districts and existing charter schools, Moody's says.

The Lincoln-Way high school district won a Moody's upgrade to Baa2 ahead of a $23 million refinancing deal.

In response to the SEC's complaint, the former chief business officer of a California school district said he acted in good faith.

Ann Arbor Public Schools, which recently won $1 billion of new money authorization, will price $55 million of taxable bonds.

The state's experience shows how competition for funding has shifted away from traditional schools, S&P Global Ratings says in a new report.

The general obligation bonds are secured by property tax assessments that don't flow through a school district budget that is threatened with insolvency.

Most Fullerton voters in March will cast a ballot on three school bond measures: two for local districts and one for schools statewide.

A recent $11.6 million financial move by Middletown Schools will put some money back into local taxpayers' pockets.

Chicago Public Schools long climb back to investment grade continues

A 25-vote defeat turned into an 11-vote victory for the Midland Independent School District measure.

Proposition CC, which would have repealed the revenue cap built into Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights, promised to help fund three of the state's most notably underfunded buckets: K-12 education, higher education and transportation infrastructure.

Voters in the Lone Star State approved $14.5 billion of the $16 billion in state and local bonds on the ballot Nov. 5.