KBRA Assigns BBB Rating With Stable Outlook to Unlimited Tax GO Bonds (Dedicated Revenues), Series 2022A and 2022B Issued by the Board of Education of the City of Chicago; Upgrades Outstanding GO Bonds

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#KBRA–KBRA assigns a long-term rating of BBB with a Stable Outlook to the Board’s Unlimited Tax General Obligation Bonds (Dedicated Revenues), Series 2022A and Unlimited Tax General Obligation Refunding Bonds (Dedicated Revenues), Series 2022B.

Concurrently, KBRA upgrades the long-term ratings on the Board of Education of the City of Chicago’s outstanding General Obligation bonds. The respective series for which “special revenue” opinions were provided to KBRA have been upgraded to BBB+ from BBB. The series for which these opinions have not been provided to KBRA have been upgraded to BBB from BBB-. The Outlook for all bonds remains stable.

The rating assignment and revised rating assigned to outstanding bonds reflects a strengthened financial position, which is underscored by a trend of enhanced State aid support, enactment of dedicated sources for pension funding, and most recently, ample federal stimulus funding.

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