School bonds

Bills to limit the revenue flexibility of local governments and put more state funding toward schools were driven by a desire to limit property taxes.

Two rating agencies offered slightly different takes on how school districts would fare.

Kroll boosts San Diego rating to triple-A in wake of Puerto Rico court's special revenues decision.

Motions were filed to dismiss the Berkeley County School lawsuit, which alleges its CFO and finance team schemed to defraud the district.

Legislation to put bond measures and the 2020 and 2022 ballots has cleared two Assembly committees.

Detroit Public Schools Community District has substantial capital needs but its ability to fund them is constrained.

The top three bond proposals — all in excess of $1 billion — won easy approval even as some large school district measures fell short.

When Zumbrota-Mazeppa voters go to the polls May 14 to cast their ballots on a $49.95 million construction bond referendum, they won't be voting on anything fancy.

The Berkeley County School District said Hilltop Securities agreed to pay back fees the district paid to a predecessor firm from 2012 to 2014.

School districts dominate the list of 64 issuers seeking $11.2 billion of debt authority.

Gary Community School Corp. in Indiana wants to test its access to the bond market with a $5 million bond refunding.

A higher state sales tax would be used to help fund public schools, in connection with a cap on local property taxes.

Voter approval rates this year for Wisconsin school district fiscal referendums fell short of last year’s record levels.

When they met Monday, the Leavenworth, Kansas, Board of Education were briefed on plans for capital projects that will be funded largely with money from a bond issue that was approved last year.

It's the first such deal in four years for the authority.

A boost in state funding and higher local property valuations lifted school districts' finances, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

The enrollment and cost stresses underscored by teacher strikes in Los Angeles and Oakland aren't limited to large urban districts.

Voters rejected the largest three school bonds in Tuesday's election — Cassia County, Minidoka County and Filer — but approved smaller ballot measures across the Magic Valley.

The Berkeley County School District said its financial advisors and bond counsel were involved a fraud scheme that sent its CFO to prison.

The House speaker wants a $2 billion school bond bill to fund capital needs, but the Senate's leader wants a pay-as-you-go approach.