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Sen.
Brady: Governor Holding Up Extra Funding for Schools
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[December 04, 2007]
SPRINGFIELD -- More than a month after
Illinois lawmakers voted to release additional state funding for
education, local school districts are still waiting -- for an extra
$12.6 million -- because Gov. Rod Blagojevich has not acted on the
legislation, according to state Sen. Bill Brady, R-Bloomington.
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 "Thanks to political infighting among the state's Democrat
legislative leaders, extra funding that should have been available
to our schools on July 1 is still in limbo," Brady said. "What's
hard to understand is the fact that the governor complained that
lawmakers were slow to pass this legislation, but (he) has now taken
more than a month to act on it. Schools in the 44th District are
expected to receive an estimated $12.6 million in additional funding
if and when the governor decides to sign this legislation."The
Senate and House of Representatives approved legislation Nov. 2
needed to implement parts of the state budget that allocate $550
million to the more than 700 school districts in Illinois. The
budget implementation legislation must still be approved by the
governor.
The education funding increase was initially approved during the
summer overtime session; however, infighting among Democratic
legislative leaders delayed action that would have released the
money to the school districts. The legislation also fully funds
categorical grants for special education, lunches for children from
low-income families and transportation reimbursement.
The 44th District senator said school districts are expected to
receive $5,734 per pupil, an increase of $400 per student.
Local school districts and the amount of additional state funding
they are expected to receive when the governor approves the budget
implementation legislation include:
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Alternative
Learning Opportunities Program -- DeWitt, Livingston, McLean --
$82,609
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Argenta-Oreana
Community Unit School District 1 -- $515,449
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Bloomington School
District 87 -- $1,169,752
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Blue Ridge
Community Unit School District 18 -- $391,556
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Chester-East
Lincoln Community Consolidated School District 61 -- $137,706
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Clinton Community
Unit School District 15
-- $1,105,674
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Deer Creek-Mackinaw
Community Unit School District 701 -- $567,363
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Delavan Community
Unit School District 703 -- $153,196
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Edinburg Community
Unit School District 4 -- $66,137
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Hartsburg-Emden
Community Unit School District 21 -- $99,440
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Heyworth Community
Unit School District 4 -- $425,655
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Maroa-Forsyth
Community Unit School District 2 -- $350,223
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McLean County Unit
District 5 -- $4,837,395
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Meridian Community
Unit School District 15 -- $401,785
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Mount Pulaski
Community Unit District 23
-- $195,436
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Olympia Community
Unit School District 16 -- $487,962
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Riverton Community
Unit School District 14 -- $368,816
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Sangamon Valley
Community Unit School District 9 -- $296,951
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Tremont Community
Unit School District 702 -- $442,615
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Tri-City Community
Unit School District 1
-- $189,977
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Warrensburg-Latham
Community Unit District 11 -- $329,937
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West Lincoln-Broadwell
Elementary School District 92 -- $27,173
[Text from file sent on behalf of
Sen.
Bill Brady by Illinois
Senate Republican staff] |
