The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Tax, or CPPRT, is up in every part of the state in the last few years and a central Illinois school district that predominantly relies on those dollars is celebrating the increase.

Adam Clapp is the first-year superintendent of Monticello Schools and indicates CPPRT dollars are a significant portion of Monticello Schools' budget, they take record-breaking projections with a grain of salt and budget conservatively in the event those projections don't pan out.

What will Monticello schools do with all this extra revenue? Clapp notes those are the conversations that are starting to come up. With a multi-million dollar facility update complete on the main campus, perhaps it's now time to turn the attention to the sports complexes and make upgrades.

The Monticello baseball and softball complexes recently built new concession areas and press boxes but those were furnished by the athletic booster club.