Education advocates in Springfield are warning Illinois school leaders of likely cuts coming to payments like transportation, food services, and special education.

Monticello Schools Superintendent Adam Clapp says the legislature often uses fancy terminology like pro-rated payments; however, at the end of the day, they are cuts and are concerning because of the increased cost to fund many areas of its budget that they rely on the State to help fund.

While the district's conservative approach to budgeting should serve them well during this time, Clapp worries about other districts that have a heavier dependence on the State of Illinois for their funding.

In Monticello, they contract bus services out to Illinois Central School Bus. Clapp says while they know their costs for that service, the cuts will simply mean not having money from the State to cover the entirety of those costs.

Educators are not sure the extent of the cuts nor if they will take effect in the next budgeting year for the State of Illinois, but most school leaders are planning for cuts, whenever they may come.