Illinois funding increases for Metro East schools vary widely
Bob Pieper For Chronicle Media — September 13, 2017All Metro East-area public school districts will see increases in state funding under the new Senate Bill 1 school funding reform law, according to data compiled by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
Gov. Bruce Rauner signed the funding reform legislation Aug. 31. District 48 Illinois State Senator Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) was a primary architect of the funding reform package.
Under the legislation, Metro East school districts, during the 2017-18 academic year, will see state funding increases ranging from more than $1.9 million to just $98, according to the ISBE.
SB 1 establishes a formula for determining the total cost of providing an adequate education for the students enrolled in each district and then provides state subsidies for districts that cannot meet those costs through locally generated revenues.
Following, in descending order, are the increases Metro East school district will receive under SB 1, during fiscal year 2017:
Alton Community Unit School District 11 — $1,935,010
Collinsville Community Unity School District 10 — $1,574,161
East St. Louis School District 189 — $1,142,057
Jacksonville School District 117 — $976,685
Bethalto Community Unit School District 8 — $771,513
Herrin Community Unit School District 4 — $747,650
Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 — $703,612
Belleville Township High School District 201 — $649,330
O’Fallon Township High School District 203 — $571,697
Mascoutah Community Unit School District 19 — $541,927
Jersey Community Unit School District 100 — $522,862
Bond Community Unit School District 2 — $430,705
Staunton Community Unit School District 6 — $418,911
Cahokia Community Unit School District 187 — $388,326
Highland Community Unit School District 5 — $326,022
Wesclin Community Unit School District 3 — $311,703
Triad Community Unit School District 2 — $283,850.
East Alton School District 13 — $236,994
Chester Community Unit School District 139 — $229,266
Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7 — $214,084
East Alton-Wood River Community High School District 14 — $212,061
O’Fallon Community Consolidated School District 90 — $199,806
Dupo Community Unit School District 196 — $196,560
Troy Community Consolidated School District 30 —$195,771
Marissa Community Unit School District 40 —$189,909
Whiteside School District 115 — $186,909
New Athens Community Unit School District 60 — $146,568
Carlyle Community Unit School District 1 — $137,612
Granite City Community Unit School District 9 — $136,540
Wood River-Hartford Elementary School District 15 — $134,105
Bunker Hill Community Unit School District 8 — $125,645
Waterloo Community Unit School District 5 — $115,605
Belle Valley School District 119 — $108,888
High Mount School District 116 — $103,862
Freeburg Community High School District 77 — $78,534
Lebanon Community Unit School District 9 — $71,045
Shiloh Village School District 85 — $68,690
Aviston School District 21 — $68,146
Coulterville Unit School District 1 — $63,583
Albers School District 63 — $61,063
Columbia Community Unit School District 4 — $58,078
Germantown Hills School District 69 — $55,169
Signal Hill School District 181 — $53,907
Freeburg Community Consolidated School District 70 — $43,007
Nashville Community Consolidated School District 49 — $41,135
Harmony Emge School District 175 — $41,042
Madison Community Unit School District 12 — $40,871
Prairie Du Rocher Community Consolidated School District 134 — $40,513
Brooklyn Unit District 188 — $35,347
Germantown School District 60 – $34,740
Grant Community Consolidated School District 110 – $34,532
St. Rose School District 14-15: ST ROSE SCHOOL DISTRICT 14-15 — $33,883
Smithton Community Consolidated School District 130 — $31,548
Bartelso School District 57 —$29,108
Wolf Branch School District 113 — $23,843
Steeleville Community Unit School District 138 — $23,426
Millstadt Community Consolidated School District 160 — $23,033
Chester North High School District 122 — $17,262
Valmeyer Community Unit School District 3 — $10,635
Shiloh Community Unit School District 1 — $9,357
St. Libory Consolidated School District 30 — $4,658
Breese School District 12 — $2,553
Roxana Community Unit School District 1 — $1,190
Red Bud Community Unit School District 132 — $573
Pontiac-Wm. Holliday School District 105 — $424
Venice Community Unit School District 3 — $98
–State increases for Metro East schools vary widely–