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Proposition CC, which would have repealed the revenue cap built into Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights, promised to help fund three of the state's most notably underfunded buckets: K-12 education,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

The Ann Arbor, Michigan, schools persuaded voters that waiting would be more expensive, while pitching greener buildings in an education-driven community.

The labor deal with teachers to end an 11-school-day strike puts pressure on Chicago Public Schools in the out years, say FItch and S&P.

Some of the largest school districts in Texas are coping with falling enrollment amid growing bond programs.

The state government will sideline Houston Independent School District's elected board and take control of the state's largest school district.

The junk-rated school district revised its fiscal 2020 budget to reflect the contract that ended a teachers' strike, but long-term questions remain.

At least 48 school districts across the state are seeking bonds or budget limit override measures, including 26 in Maricopa County, home to Phoenix and its suburbs.

Heavyweight ballot measures include $3.5 billion from the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County and $3 billion for the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas.

Interest rates the district will pay on a recent $600 million deal are lower than it paid in its previous bond deal a year and a half ago.

llinois paper is looking more attractive when held up to Chicago city and Chicago Public Schools bonds, Citi analysts write.

The agencies aren't concerned about the ongoing strike, but the final contract will determine if Chicago Public Schools continues its slow rating progress.

The municipal market will scrutinize the impact of the ultimate contract deal on the school district's books and the city's fiscal burdens.

The Berkeley County School District and its former financial advisors and bond counsel said settlement talks were unsuccessful.