School bonds

Colorado Springs School District 11 formalized Wednesday night what officials have been considering since Election Day 2016: It again will appeal to voters for funding.

The school board will vote amid new optimism about state funding.

Illinois is putting the ratings of some already strained school districts at risk, said S&P Global Ratings.

With Illinois school aid still in limbo, there is talk of compromise ahead of a veto override vote next week.

The district faces growing enrollment amid shrinking financial support.

The idea of a new Ames High School cleared its latest hurdle Monday night when a community feedback group recommended constructing a new building to the school board.

While Wylie Independent School District students returned to class Monday, the district school board made a decision that could affect them for generations to come.

Leaders with the Socorro Independent School District will seek voter approval on a $448.5 million bond measure.

The Board of Regents enterprise since 2001 has saved more than $101 million by refinancing bonds — with most of those savings coming since the Great Recession in 2008, after which interest rates plummeted to the lowest in recent history.

WINDHAM, Conn. — The board of finance Wednesday gave its seal of approval for a $112.3 million appropriation and bonding for the Windham High School building project.

Victoria school board members agreed late Thursday night to ask voters in November to approve a $141.2 million capital improvement plan.

After pondering — and in some cases wrestling — with the proposed bond issue, the Ector County Independent School District Board of Trustees approved calling a Nov. 7 bond issue election for $291,172,291 during a special meeting Thursday.

The Leander, Texas, school board Thursday night unanimously approved putting before voters in November a $454 million bond package, the first in 10 years.

Schools in the Sedro-Woolley School District will get some upgrades if the district moves forward with a $79.1 million bond proposal that would pay for work at every school in the district.

The Pottsboro Independent School District's board of trustees gave its seal of approval Tuesday night on a $54.7 million bond package meant to update many of the district's facilities.

As he started to present his ideas about the new capital plan for Phenix City Schools, superintendent Randy Wilkes cautioned the school board.

MAPLETON, Minn. -- Leaders of Maple River Public Schools hope a new tax credit will make their citizens more willing to support a tax increase to build a new school for their students.

A significant bond issue is on the town's special election ballot on Tuesday, Sept. 19.

The Democratic majority wants to override the changes Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner made to its school funding package.

Scotland County Board of Commissioners voted in favor of applying for a loan not to exceed $27 million to finance several projects including the expansion of two schools.