State Senator Mike Halpin announced that area school districts will receive over $8.8 million thanks to the evidence-based funding formula.
“Each school has diverse needs to best assist students with the proper support and resources,” said Halpin (D-Rock Island). “With the evidence-based funding formula, our students, teachers and districts will see the benefits of investing into their future and meeting these diverse needs.”
The funding comes from the 2017 Illinois Senate Democrat-backed evidence-based funding formula — an overhaul of the way the state funds K-12 education. The law made school funding more equitable by calculating the needs of individual school districts and basing its state revenue on those needs. The formula takes into account a district’s total enrollment, poverty rate and number of special education or English language learners, among other factors.
Local schools set to receive funding through the formula:
· Bushnell Prairie City Community School District 170: $36,454
· Carbon Cliff-Barstow School District 36: $84,042
· Colona School District 190: $54,447
· East Moline School District 37: $393,853
· Galesburg Community Unit School District 205: $758,362
· Hampton School District 29: $28,053
· Hancock/McDonough Regional Office of Education (Safe School): $15,394
· Knoxville Community Unit School District 202: $75,230
· Macomb Community Unit School District 185: $616,178
· Moline Unity School District 40: $3,340,742
· Monmouth Roseville : $599,234
· Orion Community School District 223: $39,149
· Regional Alternative Educational Services, Regional Office of Education 33 (Alternative School): $12,027
· Rock Island School District 41: $1,604,111
· Sherrard Community Unit School District 200: $160,595
· Silvis School District 34; $223,558
· United Township High School District 29: $809,253
The Fiscal Year 25 budget invested $350 million in new funding into students’ success through the evidence-based funding model.
For more information on the FY 25 evidence-based funding distribution, visit the Illinois State Board of Education’s website.
***Courtesy of Senator Mike Halpin***