By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News
Illinois legislators passed a stop-gap budget late last week and many this effects are coming forward to give feedback on how things will work for them in the future.
Some of the things that will be happening is schools will be fully funded and will open on time and road construction projects will continue throughout the state.
Pontiac District 90 superintendent Jon Kilgore weighed in on the idea that schools will be fully funded for the first time in seven years.
“It is a short term relief so we can move forward with our budgeting for the coming year, but at the same time, it doesn’t answer the question moving forward for future years, so there is still a lot of work ahead in our state to address and reform the funding formula for schools. One of the other things – the 100 percent that they’re talking about as far as funding schools, is 100 percent of what we should have been given seven years ago. It’s important for people to understand inflation has gone up each of those seven years, so the 100 percent is from seven years ago. We’re pleased there isn’t a proration taking place like there has been the last seven years, but at the same point, the 100 percent isn’t truly 100 percent of the current value of the dollar,” Kilgore said.
