Sentences with phrase «school construction bond»

The school secured a $ 21 million Qualified School Construction Bond, issued by the Riverhead Industrial Development Agency, to fund the project.

Los Angeles presented the perfect model of the costs that accompany Common Core when Superintendent John Deasy pledged to spend $ 1 billion to buy iPads for all students and staff, money taken from a school construction bond issue passed by voters.

Extend the Qualified School Construction Bond and Qualified Zone Academy Bond programs to continue their important financial support to build, renovate and modernize schools across America.

Update: After a week in legislative limbo, a bill that would have placed a $ 4.3 billion school construction bond on the November ballot is now officially dead.

For the first time, the political arm of the California Charter Schools Association campaigned heavily against a proposed school construction bond in a district that hadn't agreed to share the proceeds with charter schools.

(Calif.) Hundreds of millions of dollars would be reserved for building or remodeling charter schools and career - technical education facilities under terms of a school construction bond measure set to go before voters next year.

There is no shortage of interest among education institutions looking to capitalize on the $ 22 billion in tax credits available over the next two years through the Qualified School Construction Bond (QSCB) program...

Today, local governments put in about $ 3 billion annually for public school operations, Winner says, and North Carolina legislators haven't authorized a statewide school construction bond since 1996.

A new website launched this week to encourage the passage of the Public School Building Bond Act (HB 866 / SB 542), to get a school construction bond on the statewide ballot in November 2018.

On the horizon are two school construction bond referenda.

Six charter schools will receive more than $ 48 million in such aid this month from revenue generated by a statewide school construction bond passed in November of last year.

Their platform also calls for a statewide $ 1.9 billion school construction bond referendum placed on the ballot.

When I was in the Assembly, I negotiated a $ 9.2 billion school construction bond.

The California legislature closed its 1997 session by approving a new basic - skills test for students in grades 2 through 11 to be given next spring, but it failed to change bilingual education laws or back a statewide school construction bond.

Mr. Scheideman led three successful school construction bond programs valued at more than $ 5 billion in the 290,000 - student district.

In particular, the New York - based bank is known for its expertise in the issuance of catastrophe bonds, Qualified School Construction Bonds in the US, and bonds issued to finance debt restructuring around the world.

That would free up about $ 1.3 billion a year from interest and other revenues earned on school construction bonds, according to the American Association of School Administrators in Arlington, Va..

DALLAS — The Texas Permanent School Fund that guarantees more than $ 70 billion of public school construction bonds retains top credit ratings despite its increasing support for riskier charter school debt, analysts said.

The School Facilities Construction Commission provides funding for payments on school construction bonds based on unmet facility needs identified in the local district facility plan.

The State Allocation Board voted Wednesday to conditionally open $ 408 million in available school construction bonds to shovel - ready districts regardless of their place on a waiting list.

(Most of the iPad funding is coming from school construction bonds that can't be spent on employee salaries or school supplies.)

Gov. Jerry Brown is also demanding improved auditing before floating school construction bonds.

The issuance of $ 12 million direct subsidy qualified school construction bonds by the California School Finance Authority to fund construction of a K - 8 charter school facility located on the Chula Vista campus of High Tech High was recognized by The Bond Buyer, a very respected and influential media outlet for those working in the bond sector.

School facilities representatives are lobbying the state treasurer and the Brown administration to include $ 1.6 billion in school construction bonds at a sale planned for sometime this fall.

Torlakson said voters approved two - thirds of the school construction bonds on June ballots and he believes they will also support local bond measures in November, along with a statewide bond measure in 2014.

But that wasn't the case for most K - 12 parcel taxes and school construction bonds on the ballot Tuesday.

Eligible issuers of school construction bonds and zone academy bonds can receive payments equal to the lesser of the actual interest rate of the bonds or the tax credit rate for municipal tax - credit bonds, which the Treasury sets daily.

Not exact matches

Also called «munis» for short, municipal bonds are debt obligations issued by a state, municipality, or a county to finance its capital expenditures, such as construction of highways, schools, hospitals, and...

Voters in Mt. Prospect - based River Trails Elementary District 26 approved a 50 - cent increase in the education fund rate, to $ 2.60 per $ 100, while their counterparts in Huntley Consolidated School District 158 agreed the district should sell $ 18 million in bonds to fund the construction of two new schools.

The school district has a bond issue on the April 1 ballot to raise funds for its construction, and Layer is hoping to win backing for the proposal.

FRANKFORT — Summit Hill School District 161 board members approved the sale of $ 16.4 million in construction and renovation bonds this week, a move made possible by passage of a $ 23.9 referendum proposal in April for school construction and renovSchool District 161 board members approved the sale of $ 16.4 million in construction and renovation bonds this week, a move made possible by passage of a $ 23.9 referendum proposal in April for school construction and renovschool construction and renovation.

The referendum will seek $ 115 Million in funding for three school construction projects, major renovations and repairs, continuation of CCSD's National award - winning technology program, replacement of aging school buses, land acquisition with a focus on a solution for Cherokee High School overcrowding and, «the No. 1 priority»: continued retirement of bond debt from the last 15 years of construction proschool construction projects, major renovations and repairs, continuation of CCSD's National award - winning technology program, replacement of aging school buses, land acquisition with a focus on a solution for Cherokee High School overcrowding and, «the No. 1 priority»: continued retirement of bond debt from the last 15 years of construction proschool buses, land acquisition with a focus on a solution for Cherokee High School overcrowding and, «the No. 1 priority»: continued retirement of bond debt from the last 15 years of construction proSchool overcrowding and, «the No. 1 priority»: continued retirement of bond debt from the last 15 years of construction projects.

The $ 19.4 million Barrington bond sale would allow the construction of two new elementary schools and an addition at the district's middle school.

Those include interest payments on bonds for school construction and renovation projects approved by voters.

On a more local level, Steck took aim at the defeated construction bond issue put up by the North Colonie school system in December, echoing criticisms that the polling location was limited to one spot.

TICONDEROGA Ticonderoga Central School District has saved more than $ 430,000 by refinancing some construction bonds.

Buffalo, NY — The Erie County Industrial Development Agency's Board of Directors approved incentives for two projects Wednesday, and agreed to refinance bonds for the Joint Schools Construction Board, saving the Buffalo School District nearly $ 30 million in financing costs.

They have no taxing power, no access to state capital budgets, and, ordinarily, no bonding authority — they are shut off from the prevailing public sources of revenue for school construction.

Schools districts that rely on bond insurance to help them save money on the borrowing they do for construction projects and special programs could be affected by major ups and downs in that industry, at a time when many districts are already nervous about state budget cuts and a sagging national economy.

Lawmakers failed to put school - construction bond initiative on November ballot, despite arguments that more funds are needed to accommodate reduced classes.

The successful bond issue will generate $ 335 million for school construction and qualifies the district for $ 500 million in state assistance.

Each BASIS school is a nonprofit that owns its building; among other advantages, nonprofits more easily qualify for tax - free construction bonds.

Two years after voters rejected a statewide school - construction ballot initiative for the first time, Californians will decide next week whether the state can sell $ 3 billion in bonds for construction and repair of the education infrastructure.

But when the drafting of a new law was scheduled for the 1996 legislative session, dozens of school districts had more than a year to seize the chance to pass construction - bond issues under the current law.

The Fresno, Calif., school system has narrowly failed to pass a $ 215 million bond for school construction.

A bipartisan bill, jointly proposed by Rep. Nancy L. Johnson (R - Connecticut) and Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D - New York), modeled after President Bill Clinton's school construction proposal, would lend $ 24.8 billion to states and school districts with interest - free, 15 - year bonds.

Construction bonding authority — a technical, and often obscure, source of capital funding for school districts — has emerged as a hot ticket for those looking to finance school facilities work under the federal government's economic - stimulus program.

Unlike regular public schools, which have the authority to seek taxpayer - backed bonds for renovating school buildings and new construction, charter schools have no such mechanism in place to offset their facilities costs, which often come out of their operating budgets.

Bond, an Everett - based construction management firm whose specialties include academic projects, said that it recently held a topping - off ceremony for the 15,000 square - foot renovation and 5,000 square - foot vertical expansion of Longfellow Hall at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

U.S. school districts regularly turn to bonds to fund building renovation and construction, classroom modernization and technology enhancements.