School bonds

The Austin school board Monday night called for a $1.05 billion bond package to be placed before voters in November.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling the state legislature back into session take action on mayoral control of the New York City school system.

Chicago Public Schools closed on the private placement of $112 million of grant anticipation notes.

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- As the mother and grandmother of children with special needs, Heather Young has never voted against a school bond issue.

Ector County Independent School District's needs in career and technology education, fine arts and technology were discussed during the Bond Advisory Committee meeting Thursday at George H.W. Bush New Tech Odessa.

The Jacksonville School District 117, Ill., school board members approved the issuing of up to $15 million in construction bonds Wednesday night.

A new Florida education bill is credit negative for 67 public school districts, Moody's says.

SHOSHONE, Idaho -- The Shoshone School District will bring a $6 million bond to voters in August.

Mecklenburg County, N.C., commissioners voted Tuesday to place a nearly $1 billion bond package for schools on the November ballot.

POTTSBORO, Texas -- While the board of trustees for the Pottsboro Independent School District continued discussions on the multimillion-dollar bond package Monday night, a final figure for the package remains under consideration.

A Katy ISD, Texas, committee has finished crafting a bond referendum proposal worth about $609.2 million that will soon be presented to the district's board of trustees to be approved for a place on the ballot of November's elections.

The Austin, Texas, school board early Tuesday morning approved 40 bond projects totaling $990 million, but delayed the actual vote for calling for a November bond election until next week.

The Chicago Public Schools paid a punishing yield on short-term state grant anticipation notes.

A Northern California charter school operator with four schools wants to move into Chapter 7.

California lawmakers approved a $183.2 billion all-funds budget package.

CAMDEN, Maine -- Voters here and in the neighboring town of Rockport overwhelmingly approved Tuesday a $25.2 million bond to construct a new middle school for the two towns' middle school students.

Tucson's largest school district will seek voters' help to address critical facilities needs, including repairs to heating and cooling systems.

Austin district trustees on Wednesday night continued their work on formulating a bond package, but after discussing projects for four hours, they didn't quite land on an exact bond package or amount to put before voters.

The Hunt County Commissioners Court has approved the sale of the first bonds which will help pay for multiple projects in the $24 million road bond package approved by voters in November.

WATSONVILLE, Calif. -- The Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury released a highly critical report Tuesday deriding the Pajaro Valley Unified School District's use of Measure L funds and describing the Citizens' Oversight Committee as "mostly ineffective."