School bonds

CPS needs the city and state to deliver more than $500 million to balance its books for 2017-2018.

Voters turned down a pair of bond and sinking fund proposals for Ubly Community Schools at the polls Tuesday, according to unofficial election results.

Residents of the Carlton School District sent a strong message Tuesday when 71 percent voted against a $23.6 million proposal to create a combined pre-K-12 school for Carlton students at the district's South Terrace site.

New York City’s Department of Education awarded over 500 non-competitive contracts worth more than $2.7 billion, according to the comptroller.

Dalton, Ga., voters will decide this year if they want a new school with a price somewhere north of $50 million.

A special election will decide if Ardmore City Schools will be able to make needed upgrades to its schools, buy new buses to replace outdated ones and build a new district performing arts center.

A controversial meeting of the Aledo ISD bond steering committee on Aug. 3 — which was not announced beforehand to the public or media — resulted in the firing of a consultant from the district's architectural firm, according to the district.

Stafford, Texas, voters will be asked on Nov. 7 to approve a $62 million bond proposal that would include building a new middle school and administration building for the Stafford Municipal School District as well as a magnet school.

Voters in two school districts, Green Ridge R-VIII and Dresden R-XIII, went to the polls Tuesday to make their choices known in the special election.

After several tries, it appears Clark-Shawnee Local will get a new school.

The Sherman Independent School District's board of trustees held a special meeting Monday night at which the group approved a $1.44 per $100 valuation property tax rate for the year and got its first look at the $170-million-plus bond packages developed by the Citizens Advisory Committee.

Elkhart Community Schools' plan to issue $10 million worth of bonds cleared a big hurdle as it recently garnered enough signatures in support of the initiative to move forward in issuing the bonds.

The $141.2 million Victoria school district bond proposal allocates funds for unnecessary projects such as a walking trail and Wi-Fi at a multi-activity complex, members of a new group said Sunday.

The Sherman Independent School District's Citizens Advisory Committee agreed on a minimum $170 million bond package.

Keeping the seven priorities for a potential bond proposal in place, Ector County Independent School District Superintendent Tom Crowe told bond advisory committee members Thursday the possible cost has been reduced.

With a new school year around the corner for Chisholm Public Schools comes the need for expansion of the district.

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of school aid legislation jeopardizes school funding and ratings, Fitch reports.

Gov. Bruce Rauner has called the bill a “bailout” for Chicago Public Schools and plans to use his amendatory veto powers to cut funding in half.

The final selection of Gary schools emergency manager will be made on Monday.

The fate of Illinois’ fiscal 2018 appropriation for school districts remains up in the air with a showdown looming between Gov. Bruce Rauner and the General Assembly’s Democratic majority.