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Power outages regularly disrupt school in Arizona’s White Mountain Apache Tribe, leading to spoiled food, limited access to technology and cold classrooms. School administrators sometimes heat buildings with kerosene. In some cases, they must close the school when carbon monoxide levels become too high. “Our students need and deserve better, and I hope you will…

The Eureka School District held a community meeting last month to discuss solutions for aging school facilities and safety concerns. The school district has not passed a bond in more than 20 years and leaks, mold and crumbling walls continue to raise issues. “We’ve failed at four bond attempts since that time, the last one…

Local school officials say plans are moving forward for a new school for a new Shaker Lane School. In an announcement, school officials said the Shaker Lane Building Committee has made "notable progress" in collaboration with town and school leaders. The new school would house students in pre-kindergarten through grade 2. School administrators met on…

Last Monday, the Northfield School Board heard a presentation from Director of Finance Val Mertesdorf and Director of Buildings and Grounds Justin Raabolle about the school district’s Proposed operating capital and Long-Term Facilities maintenance budget. The two budgets are a restricted portion of the district general fund, and a series of several state and local…

A Nevada district court has ruled that sections of a 2023 bill that essentially forced the Elko County Commission to earmark a portion of property tax proceeds for schools in exchange for funding to build a new Owyhee school are unconstitutional because they single out the county. Elko County Manager Amanda Osborne said in a…

State lawmakers are debating a bill that would amend the constitution to lower the threshold of votes school districts need to receive to pass bond measures to large construction projects. For 80 years, Washington law has required districts to reach 60% voter approval to receive the authorization to get the loan that typically funds new…

This May, the Mesquite Independent School District board of trustees will ask voters to approve a $600 million bond to address safety, security, and aging facilities and equipment. The Mesquite ISD said the bond package was created through a monthslong community effort with the assistance of a Bond Facility Planning Committee of community members, district…

A bill that would ban school districts from using their primary funds on school enhancements to repair or build school facilities died in the Senate on Wednesday. On the third reading of Senate File 156, “Expenditure of state funds on K-12 public schools,” bill sponsor Sen. Ogden Driskill, R-Devils Tower, said the bill should be…

The Lafayette Public Trust Financing Authority board recently approved issuing $275 million in bonds that would allow two charter schools to refinance their existing facilities to a better interest rate. The LPTFA board unanimously approved selling up to $100 million in bonds to Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy and up to $175 million in bonds to…

A coalition of more than 100 organizations representing public school advocates, parents, teachers, and community members are calling on Gov. Phil Murphy and the state legislature to invest $500 million annually to fund New Jersey’s school construction program, starting with the upcoming budget. Dozens of speakers gathered at a virtual town hall described the experiences…