School bonds

The Indiana's school bond intercept program's AA-plus rating was affirmed after legislative tweaks.

The Centralia, Wash., School District completed the sale of $74 million in voter-approved bonds on May 9, which will give the district the funds to move forward with plans to replace two elementary schools and to rebuild Centralia High School.

The arguments from either side are many.

Grayson County, Ky., Schools authorized bond refinancing, as well as a number of maintenance projects on Thursday evening, May 11.

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio -- The Clark-Shawnee Local School District bond issue will be the only item on the Aug. 8 ballot, according to the Clark County Board of Elections. The last day to certify issues for the August election was May 10.

Passage of tax levies represents a credit-positive development for 21 Ohio cities and school districts.

NEWMARKET, N.H. -- An assistant attorney general has found the Newmarket School District in violation of electioneering laws in relation to the $38.9 million bond approved by voters in March to renovate the Junior-Senior High School. The complainant said he is "undecided" on whether he will take further action regarding the vote.

Delays in state grants add to the strains faced by the junk-rated Chicago Public Schools.

DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. -- Davidson County Board of Commissioners continued discussion Thursday of a proposed bond referendum for school and parks and recreation funding.

May 10--Voters in the Andover school district on Tuesday approved two bond issues that will pump more than $188 million worth of projects into the district.

Stillwater, Okla., Public Schools is one step closer to a new Westwood Elementary school.

WARDEN, Wash. -- A proposed $14 million school bond for this tiny school district at the southeastern edge of Grant County failed to obtain the necessary 60 percent for approval.

Area residents who want to purchase bonds for the new Lewiston High School will have the chance starting May 31 -- an offer Lewiston, Idaho, resident Don Lloyd said he intends to take advantage of.

Andover High School, Kan., which opened in 1984, is hardly an antique.

Voters approved a $24 million bond package for the Van Alstyne, Texas, Independent School District that will add a new elementary school to the city and upgrade the existing one.

NATCHEZ, Miss. -- Natchez High School will see a complete redesign should voters approve the Natchez-Adams School District's $35 million bond measure.

SOUTHLAKE, Texas -- With about 64 percent of the vote in unofficial returns, Carroll school district voters approved a bond package which will raise $208 million without increasing the tax rate.

Voters across Texas approved most of the $8.2 billion of bond proposals on local ballots Saturday.

Moody’s Investors Service placed an Indiana school district on review for upgrade after the state changed its school credit enhancement program.

The Clark-Shawnee Local School Board of Education likely will go back to voters for the third time in a year seeking to build a new elementary school and renovate its high school.