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According to the state law, the Illinois State Board of Education will distribute property tax relief grants to applicant school districts based on which districts have the “highest adjusted operating tax rate.” ISBE will still be required to publish a list of school districts around the state that will qualify for the funds.
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No more money to schools until teachers start teaching, and not indoctrinating students. When student test scores improve, then schools get money. Teachers blame parents, but a lot of parents are products of the public schools, and weren’t taught either.
My goodness. What a joke. First, collectively, this amount of funding is a drop in the bucket compared to what is needed to really provide any meaningful help to property owners. Second, the School district has to apply for the funding…but we all know, that’s where the games begin. What stops the district from applying, getting the funding and then using their ability to raise taxes by a certain percentage without referendum…the result is nothing more that funneling more funding to the already bloated-wasted education funding. Third…even if there are rules that cover this sort of shell game described in… Read more »