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Instead, the state relies an a three-part school aid Iqffwaia for distribution of funds to* school districts according to assessed property values In the (•strict. HEach school district is placed Into one of three categories: flat grant districts, alternate wethod districts or special jmOUnN mntmiy CDSD1CKS* School In aid and what Chicago schools get has state dtofequi- legislators looking at ways to reform the "School districts adopt budgets without having any Idea how much money they wffl be receiving. They are asked to be responsible in their budgeting practices without knowing tww much they have to work with," Langrtrom explained. "Until we get that situation cleaned up, we're telling them (local school boards) to borrow against anything they can." School boards are able to borrow against expected tax money using tax anticipation warrants which allow them to receive money that they can apply toward the current year's budget when funds have run out. lids can result in a cycle of Indebtedness, however, because each year a school board finds itself using the follwing year's tax money to finance current programs. This is a primary reason why so many school boards find themselves with constant short-term debt. ; %UntghfeSid^eUwitial reforms to the educational formula can be Illinois House of Represen­ tatives Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, has been meeting with education groups in the state including a meeting recently with the Illinois Federation of Teachers workshop for IFT presidents and treasurers. At the workshop, Madigan told-the group that some type of reform iiwaMiiiT n were imminent. Madigan's press secretary Steve Brown said no concrete reform package had been of­ fered, but stressed that 1965 would be the year for needed reforms. "Some of the questions the speaker is asking are, are property taxes the best way to p*js|§i toward quality education? v Brown said Madigan is con­ sidering using income rather than property values as aimy to determine districts' shares of state funds. "Between now and May SO, the speaker will be putting together a proposal for substantial overhaul of the school aid formula. I think '85 W01 be the year for that," Brown said. Comparing academic record to dollars received per students shows that money is not always the answer to quality education, ;ory receive $1,S41 per According to some legislators, vie school aid formula does not equally dbtribute funds among istricts, and it has been irgeted for reform. State Sen. ack Schaffer, R-Cary, said the •balance between northern l|iaois suburbs, outlying ommunities and Chicago chool districts needs to be odressed in upcoming gklaUve Ttfljtmti "What's frustrating about the chool aid formula is the lack of quity in tax distribution. spend or cut from current curriculum. • Is the state responsible for the number of districts that are operating in the red and does the state condone deficit spending? "Frankly, I don't know that we condone deficit spending. I don't think the state has.the right to come in and prevent districts from deficit spending," Schaffer said. "It's all a question of local control and loeal decisions." "Happy DAUGHTER DEAREST' HAPPY GOLDEN BIRTHDAY ONTHEMth I V I V L I Y P G - 1 3 Sissy Spacek is nominated for an academy award for her performance in this film. Also starring Mel Gibson. 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