There will be an $8.7 million decrease in salary and wages; the district plans to eliminate 94 vacant full-time equivalent roles in 2021. The year also includes three shutdown days and a hiring freeze through June. The district has said there will not be any layoffs. And, for taxpayers, there will not be a property tax increase, the district’s main source of revenue.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.