BOSTON, MA – State Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg, Chair of the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) and Mary Pichetti, Deputy CEO and Executive Director today announced that the MSBA issued $500 million of Subordinated Dedicated Sales Tax Bonds, 2025 Series A (Social Bonds). The MSBA concurrently issued $1.49 billion of Subordinated Dedicated Sales Tax Refunding Bonds, 2025 Series B (Social Bonds) and used approximately $397.4 million in cash to defease and tender bonds to lower the MSBA’s outstanding debt service payments.
Altogether, the bonds contained maturities from 2027 to 2055 with a True Interest Cost of 4.110%, and an average life of 11.768 years. The refunding and cash defeasance results in budgetary savings of more than $591.5 million and net present value savings of 9.14% or $215.2 million for the MSBA.
“The success of this bond issuance is great news for the Commonwealth, but the real beneficiaries are truly our students,” said Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg, Chair of the MSBA. “These resources will allow the MSBA to partner with communities in building 21st century educational environments, where children across the state can learn, grow and succeed.”
The bonds are rated AA+ and AA by Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings, respectively. The MSBA appreciates the significant efforts of the working group, including the deal team and staff members, that resulted in such a successful transaction.
“The savings derived from this refunding will assist the MSBA with improving the teaching and learning environments for students across the Commonwealth and allow the MSBA to continue to fund school building construction projects in a highly cost-effective way,” Executive Director Pichetti said.
The MSBA partners with Massachusetts communities to support the design and construction of educationally appropriate, flexible, sustainable, and cost-effective public school facilities. Since its 2004 inception, the Authority has approved 1,138 projects and has made over $18.2 billion in reimbursements for school construction projects across the Commonwealth.
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