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State Not Making Mandated Categorical Payments Hurting Schools

The State of Illinois has touted funding education fully in 2016-17, however, area school leaders say that is somewhat misleading.
 
The state is fully funding education, however, as Superintendent of Maroa-Forsyth Schools, Mike Williams, points out, they are funding education at 2008 levels and are very behind on mandated categorical payments.
 
 
According to Williams, the state is as far behind as last year and adds up to roughly $225-thousand. He notes that is not a problem unique to Maroa-Forsyth, every district that relies on mandated categorical payments is in this situation.
 
 
The reserves at Maroa-Forsyth are dwindling and Williams says that is not putting the district in a good spot for if funding in the future does not get better.
 
 
There are many areas the lack of mandated categorical money can impact a district. For Maroa-Forsyth Schools, transportation vehicles are getting older and Williams says the expenses for those have been put on hold so they can maintain the level of educating students. Williams points to their buses as just one area of immediate impact. 

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