Ranking Motion: Moody’s assigns A1 ENH to Clay CSD, KY’s Income BondsGlobal Credit score Analysis – 31 Aug 2022New York, August 31, 2022 — Moody’s Traders Service has assigned an A1 enhanced ranking to Clay County Faculty District, KY’s roughly $3.5 million Faculty Constructing Income Bonds, Collection of 2022, issued by the Clay County Faculty District Finance Company.RATINGS RATIONALEThe A1 enhanced ranking is predicated on the Kentucky Faculty District Enhancement Program (A1), which is offered to all college districts in Kentucky (Commonwealth of Kentucky, Aa3 steady). Clay County Faculty District meets the 1.0x debt service protection requirement to acquire the programmatic ranking; estimated obtainable state support, primarily based on audited fiscal 2022 state support receipts ($16.7 million), would offer an ample 10.4x protection for the district’s most debt service fee ($1.6 million in fiscal 2024) primarily based on preliminary numbers.FACTORS THAT COULD LEAD TO AN UPGRADE OF THE RATING- An improve of the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s long-term issuer ratingFACTORS THAT COULD LEAD TO A DOWNGRADE OF THE RATING- Downgrade of the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s long-term issuer rating- Weakening of this system’s notification and timing provisions or of the state Division of Training’s (“KY DOE”) oversightLEGAL SECURITYWhile debt service on the bonds is payable from annual rental funds, that are topic to annual appropriation by the district, final reimbursement of the bonds is supplied by the Kentucky Faculty District Enhancement Program. The mechanics of this system direct the paying agent to inform the KY DOE if fee of principal or curiosity has not been obtained three days previous to the date on which the debt service fee is due. Upon notification by the paying agent, the KY DOE should ahead, from obtainable funds, the quantity because of the paying agent.USE OF PROCEEDSBond proceeds will fund Part I web site work for a brand new profession and technical heart constructing.PROFILEClay County Faculty District is positioned within the southern portion of the Jap Coal Subject Area of Kentucky, roughly 166 miles southeast of Louisville & Jefferson Co. Metro. Govt., KY (Aa1 steady). The district had common every day attendance of two,810 throughout the 2021-22 college yr. The Clay County Faculty District Finance Company, issuer of the Collection of 2022 bonds, is a non-profit company created by the district pursuant to Kentucky Revised Statute 162.385 to behave as a municipal company and company and instrumentality of the board.METHODOLOGYThe principal methodology used on this ranking was State Support Intercept Applications and Financings Methodology printed in March 2022 and obtainable at https://scores.moodys.com/api/rmc-documents/356903. Alternatively, please see the Ranking Methodologies web page on https://scores.moodys.com for a replica of this technique.REGULATORY DISCLOSURESFor additional specification of Moody’s key ranking assumptions and sensitivity evaluation, see the sections Methodology Assumptions and Sensitivity to Assumptions within the disclosure kind. 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