MAYWOOD — Senate Majority Leader Kimberly A. Lightford announced that 14 school districts across the area will receive over $9 million in additional funding to help address the financial challenges of recent years.
“Equitable funding promotes diversity and inclusion within education,” said Lightford (D-Maywood). “With each round of equitable funding, we are bridging educational gaps and fighting against racial and socioeconomic inequities in access to resources and educational outcomes.”
The funding comes from the 2017 Illinois Senate Democrat-backed evidence-based funding formula — an overhaul of the way the state funds K-12 education. The law made school funding more equitable by calculating the needs of individual school districts and basing state revenue on those needs. The formula takes into account a district’s total enrollment, poverty rate and number of special education or English language learners, among other factors.
School districts across the 4th Senate District set to receive funding through the formula include:
- Region 6 West Cook ISC 2: $16,412
- Region 6 West Cook - Alternative Learning Opportunities Program: $5.7 million
- Berkeley School District 87: $210,979
- Bellwood School District 88: $214,481
- Forest Park School District 91: $715
- Lindop School District 92: $312
- Westchester School District 92-5: $25,583
- Hillside School District 93: $473
- Komarek School District 94: $37,177
- Western Springs School District 101: $1,294
- LaGrange School District 102: $52,000
- Lyons Township High School District 204: $4,000
- Proviso Township High School District 209: $3.3 million
- Butler School District 53: $420
The Fiscal Year 2026 budget invested $300 million in new funding into students’ success through the evidence-based funding model.
For more information on the FY 26 evidence-based funding distribution, visit the Illinois State Board of Education’s website.
