Illinois schools will get new focus on spending in 2018 – INN

First, the state's new evidence-based school funding formula will have schools figure out their adequacy target and their extra needs, and then ask the state to fill in the gap. Also, the new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) for the first time requires individual schools, not just school districts as a whole, to let parents know how much they are spending on kids, administrators, teacher salaries and other expenses.