Area school superintendents are keeping a close eye on the latest budget process in Springfield as cuts to mandated categoricals - specifically transportation - could be on the way.

Mt. Pulaski Schools Superintendent Jason Spang indicates the funding for things like transportation, among the services schools are mandated to provide, continues to see funds cut year after year.

According to Spang, Mt. Pulaski isn't planning for drastic changes to its transportation department - a story not all districts in Illinois are able to tell right now.

Spang has been among many Superintendents in central Illinois to offer their thoughts on the topic to the Hart Media Group in the last month.