School bonds

With a new funding formula and budget in place, Illinois' latest review of school finances has fewer dire warnings then last year's.

The city's efforts to build a fourth elementary school took a step forward Monday.

Gary is trying to reduce the $8.4 million it owes to the IRS for a tax liability created when it failed to remit taxes withheld from employee paychecks.

The delay will mean reductions to services and may lead to job cuts at the start of the 2018-19 school year.

Pension policy decisions made to improve funding levels are putting financial pressure on school districts through higher contributions.

Support is scarce in rural parts of the district, suggesting an urban-rural divide.

A $30 million Wagoner Public Schools bond issue, which included a new elementary school, failed to get enough votes to pass during Tuesday's election.

Enrollment pressures are manageable while pension costs should stabilize long-term, Fitch Ratings said.

A new elementary school and expanded career and technical education (CTE) center may be in the future for Windom Area Schools.

The bond referendum asks for a portion of the funds to be put toward additions for Edwards, Mitchell and Meeker elementary schools.

Rhode Island voters give the public schools a passing grade and two-thirds of them support the proposed $250-million state bond issue for public school repair and construction.

Battle Ground Public Schools hopes the third time will be the charm for school construction funding, as the school board voted 4-1 Wednesday to again put a bond measure before district voters.

Residents of the Derby, Kan., school district approved one bond issue but rejected two others in a special election on Tuesday.

The Albert Lea school board marked its calendar for May 8 with Tuesday night's five-to-one vote in favor of a special election regarding a building bond to update Hammer Complex.

Saugatuck Public Schools is asking the community to approve a $50.7 million bond and a renewal of the district's .5 mill sinking fund in the May 8 election.

School districts and other local governments that fail to pass a tax would have to wait a year before asking voters again, under a bill that cleared a state House committee Friday on a party-line vote.

Voters denied a bond Tuesday that would have paid for school renovations and a new workforce readiness center for Chester County students.

For the second consecutive voting cycle, Waxahachie residents will decide the fate of a proposed bond to address population growth.

Voters sided with school officials trying to keep up with growth in north Spokane and agreed gave the Mead School District another $114 million for a new middle school, elementary school and football stadium.

Pullman voters approved two bond measures yesterday evening that will result in a new City Hall among other things.