School bonds

Leavenworth school officials are adjusting their timeline for a possible bond issue.

Northeastern Local Schools Board of Education members remain uncertain if they will go back to the ballot in May after voters in November rejected a plan to build $117 million new schools.

Forty hours of analysis, 18 committee members, 16 months of 14 meetings and 13 separate studies were boiled down into a 90-minute presentation on current Walla Walla school building needs Tuesday night.

Davidson County Board of Commissioners voted last week to assemble a package of survey questions regarding a possible bond referendum.

A new school for third- through fifth-graders would be built if Perkins-Tryon Public Schools voters approve two bonds totaling $16.5 million next February.

Officials with Alexandria Community Schools during a preliminary determination hearing on Monday announced hopes taxpayers will approve a $19.3 million facilities bond payable over 19 years.

A proposed school bond for Pontotoc City Schools failed in a vote Tuesday night.

It took just one day for the North Huron Board of Education to go back to the voters.

A San Jose-area school board member was charged with stealing bond measure campaign funds.

The panel recommended issuing $500 million general obligation bonds for public school construction and repair over 10 years.

A state panel designated the Muncie district as a distressed political subdivision.

Voters in the Hatton School District resoundingly approved a bond referendum to build a $6.3 million addition to the school in a special election Tuesday.

The Clarkston School District won't ask voters to reconsider its recently failed construction bond in February.

Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co. hired James Terry to manage the growing demand for public school financing in Texas, the firm said.

Chief Executive Officer Forrest Claypool will step down at the after being accused of lying and engaging in a cover-up of an ethics probe of a top aide.

The SEC is investigating after the school district's bond management practices were questioned in an audit.

The Philadelphia School District’s planned transition back to local control after 16 years of state control could add credit pressure the city’s 13 charter schools, according to S&P Global Ratings.

Moving toward a $23 million bond issue in April, the School of the Osage Board of Education voted recently to refinance more than $9 million in existing debt at a significant savings to the school district.

Voters in the Ridgefield School District passed a $78 million bond in February, and district officials are already gearing up for its next anticipated bond vote, most likely coming in February 2019.

As Evergreen Public Schools ramps up to ask voters for hundreds of millions of dollars for school construction dollars, a district-commissioned survey shows its voters overwhelmingly support the effort.