School bonds

Wake County has taken the first step toward putting three bonds on the November ballot that will cost, in total, $1.1 billion.

A civil grand jury slammed the Alum Rock school board for running the district poorly, including on bond-related matters.

The Eugene School Board addressed several big topics at Wednesday evening's meeting, but it declined to advance a $385 million bond measure.

Davidson County Board of Commissioners approved five bond packages to appear on the ballot in November.

Although the board won't finalize the ballot language until August, the district will request a bond issue not to exceed $33 million for the construction projects.

The results from last week's school bond election in Leavenworth are now official.

Holders of $113 million of Dallas County Schools debt will be made whole within five years.

Worthington City Schools will be asking voters for more money this fall for renovations and to fund daily operations.

Big changes could be in store for the Burlington-Edison School District.

San Francisco voters approved a parcel tax aimed at retaining teachers through salary raises.

The Conroe Independent School District is considering a bond election only four years after voters approved a $487 million bond referendum in 2015.

The massive amount of local debt Texas voters have authorized could limit governments' flexibility, Moody's Investors Service says.

Bedford Schools is moving forward with a proposed $35 million bond issue for the November ballot.

Northwest Community Schools is giving it's $24.9 million bond another try.

The Mattawan Consolidated School district is hoping to demolish vacant buildings with the help of a nearly $20 million bond presented to the voters in August.

Vallejo school district administrators are taking a rare approach when it comes to getting a $194 million bond before the city's voters this November.

The Walton Family Foundation provided seed funds to create two “innovative” financing vehicles for charter school facilities.

In an effort to find proof of payment for many of the projects paid for with funds from the 2014 bond, the Greenville Independent School District Board of Trustees has selected Whitley Penn as the auditing firm that will review payments made to Bartlett Cocke General Contractors under the bond election program.

The Indiana school district gets to wipe out its $10 million deficit and Ball State University will take over operations in July.

The financial and management challenges facing the Houston Independent School District have so far have not affected its bond ratings.