The Ector County ISD Board of Trustees voted 6-0 to authorize the issuance of up to $128,033,000 at a workshop Tuesdaynight.

The motion was made by trustee Wayne Woodall and seconded by Chris Stanley and approved unanimously by the board.Board member Steve Brown was not present.

Voters approved $424 million in bonds to finance a new career and technical and middle school campus and infrastructureimprovements to existing campuses.

Josh McLaughlin of BOK Financial Securities lauded ECISD’s active management of its outstanding debt.

Since 2007, the board recap said, more than $53 million of direct savings for taxpayers has been achieved with prepaymentsand refinancing. ECISD maintains independent bond ratings of “Aa3” by Moody’s Investors Service and “A+” by S&P GlobalRatings, both very a

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