One local superintendent is frustrated with the lack of details Governor Quinn conveyed about school budgets for the upcoming year.

Superintendent of Maroa-Forsyth Schools Mike Williams understand cuts must be made because of tight budgets in Springfield. He feels the governor should make cuts and stick to what they already have on the table rather than create new programs with having programs they currently can't pay up to.

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Williams estimates the state still owes the Maroa-Forsyth district around $200-thousand. He explains there is a certain amount of money the state is required to pay per student, and when they come forward with only 90-95% of that amount, it puts a heavy burden on schools financially to stick to their budgets.

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A lot of uncertainty remains when it pertains to transportation funding. Large cuts were made last year to transportation and while no announcement or budget proposal has been made yet, Williams says the correlation to the amount of funds received and changes to their requirements of transportation are still the same, leaving Maroa-Forsyth schools with uncovered expenses.

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Lawmakers have considered ideas of moving transportation funding into the general state aid fund or having districts raise their property taxes. Williams is not in favor of the idea of raising taxes, he says that would most likely not go over well with tax payers.

He says for now he says the Maroa-Forsyth district is working the best they can with what little they have and what little they know.