Stanton Middle School is operated by Fox Lake GSD 114 (Spring Grove) which stands to lose the most state funding of any school district in Lake County.
Stanton Middle School is operated by Fox Lake GSD 114 (Spring Grove) which stands to lose the most state funding of any school district in Lake County.
Lake County schools would be net losers of state funding under a bill that passed the Illinois State Senate Wednesday.
Collectively, the county's 45 school districts would get approximately $7.3 million per year less from the state's school funding formula, a 26 percent decrease from their 2015 funding levels, according to an Illinois State Board of Education analysis obtained by the Lake County Gazette.
Three Lake County state Senators — Sens. Julie Morrison (D-Deerfield), Terry Link (D-Vernon Hills) and Melinda Bush (D-Grayslake) — voted "yes", one, Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) voted "no" and one, Pamela Althoff (R-McHenry), voted "present" on Senate Bill 1, which passed 35-18 with three Senators voting present.
Fox Lake School District 114 (84% decrease), Hawthorn School District 73 (80% decrease), Mundelein School District 120 (78% decrease), Aptakisic-Tripp School District 102 (78% decrease), Kildeer Countryside School District 96 (77% decrease), North Shore School District 112 (77% decrease), Emmons School District 33 (76% decrease), Barrington School District 220 (76% decrease), Bannockburn School District 106 (75% decrease), Fremont School District 79 (74% decrease), Lake Zurich School District 95 (74% decrease), Grass Lake School District 36 (74% decrease), Lake Bluff School District 65 (73% decrease), Libertyville School District 70 (72% decrease), Deerfield School District 109 (72% decrease), Lincolnshire-Prairieview School District 103 (71% decrease), Vernon Hills School District 128 (70% decrease), Adlai E. Stevenson School District 125 (70% decrease), Rondout School District 72 (69% decrease), Lake Forest School District 67 (68% decrease), Oak Grove School District 68 (67% decrease), Township High School District 113 (65% decrease) Lake Forest School District 115 (64% decrease), Gurnee School District 56 (45% decrease), Woodland School District 50 (32% decrease), Antioch School District 34 (30% decrease), Warren Township School District 121 (26% decrease), Millburn School District 24 (20% decrease), Lake Villa School District 117 (20% decrease), Big Hollow School District 38 (18% decrease), Winthrop Harbor School District 1 (16% decrease), Diamond Lake School District 76 (15% decrease), Grant School District 124 (14% decrease), Wauconda School District 118 (12% decrease), Lake Villa School District 41 (11% decrease), Grayslake School District 46 (7% decrease) and Grayslake School District 127 (3% decrease) would all be losers if Senate Bill 1 is enacted into law.
North Chicago School District 187 (22% increase), Round Lake School District 116 (20% increase), Gavin School District 37 (19% increase) and Zion School District 6 (18% increase) all stand to receive more state funding from the bill.
Senate Bill 1, sponsored by State Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill), includes a $385 million bailout of Chicago Public Schools, which face bankruptcy due to years of deficit spending.
The state funding cuts wouldn't take effect immediately. Manar's bill also includes a temporary "hold harmless" clause that would effectively delay them for two years.
The ISBE analysis was conducted last summer, after Manar unveiled his school funding proposal. It is the last known analysis of the bill.
Gov. Bruce Rauner has vowed to veto the legislation should it reach his desk.
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How does your district fare under the state's new proposed school funding formula?
Senate Bill 1 promises a fairer distribution of state funding to local school districts. In Lake County, it takes from some and gives to others.
| Rank | School District | Current State Funding | New State Funding | Change |
| 1 | North Chicago SD 187 | $20,402,950 | $24,904,102 | 22% |
| 2 | Round Lake CUSD 116 | $40,736,778 | $48,695,362 | 20% |
| 3 | Gavin SD 37 (Ingleside) | $1,887,241 | $2,252,004 | 19% |
| 4 | Zion ESD 6 | $14,174,234 | $16,744,866 | 18% |
| 5 | Beach Park CCSD 3 | $6,798,787 | $7,775,351 | 14% |
| 6 | Waukegan CUSD 60 | $94,087,500 | $107,524,379 | 14% |
| 7 | Zion-Benton Twp HSD 126 | $7,918,344 | $8,799,622 | 11% |
| 8 | Mundelein ESD 75 | $3,082,462 | $3,407,507 | 11% |
| 9 | Grayslake CHSD 127 | $6,839,724 | $6,615,360 | -3% |
| 10 | Grayslake CCSD 46 | $8,999,642 | $8,386,859 | -7% |
| 11 | Lake Villa CCSD 41 | $5,672,243 | $5,065,878 | -11% |
| 12 | Wauconda CUSD 118 | $6,769,129 | $5,957,791 | -12% |
| 13 | Grant CHSD 124 (Fox Lake) | $2,538,707 | $2,173,908 | -14% |
| 14 | Diamond Lake SD 76 (Mundelein) | $1,664,527 | $1,423,660 | -15% |
| 15 | Winthrop Harbor SD 1 | $782,645 | $656,019 | -16% |
| 16 | Big Hollow SD 38 (Ingleside) | $2,751,725 | $2,263,604 | -18% |
| 17 | Lake Villa CHSD 117 | $3,983,789 | $3,198,548 | -20% |
| 18 | Millburn CCSD 24 (Old Mill Creek) | $3,154,975 | $2,519,700 | -20% |
| 19 | Warren Twp HSD 121 (Gurnee) | $4,454,037 | $3,287,953 | -26% |
| 20 | Antioch CCSD 34 | $3,808,706 | $2,657,535 | -30% |
| 21 | Woodland CCSD 50 (Gurnee) | $7,951,455 | $5,401,869 | -32% |
| 22 | Gurnee SD 56 | $2,188,192 | $1,199,310 | -45% |
| 23 | Lake Forest CHSD 115 | $773,984 | $280,392 | -64% |
| 24 | Twp HSD 113 (Highland Park) | $1,731,753 | $605,272 | -65% |
| 25 | Oak Grove SD 68 (Libertyville) | $420,940 | $141,173 | -67% |
| 26 | Lake Forest SD 67 | $993,118 | $313,648 | -68% |
| 27 | Rondout SD 72 (Lake Forest) | $85,321 | $26,119 | -69% |
| 28 | Adlai E Stevenson SD 125 (Lincolnshire) | $2,235,192 | $679,625 | -70% |
| 29 | Vernon Hills CHSD 128 | $1,814,824 | $549,033 | -70% |
| 30 | Lincolnshire-Prairieview SD 103 | $918,797 | $270,680 | -71% |
| 31 | Deerfield SD 109 | $1,782,618 | $500,145 | -72% |
| 32 | Libertyville SD 70 | $1,525,473 | $423,297 | -72% |
| 33 | Lake Bluff ESD 65 | $523,322 | $141,719 | -73% |
| 34 | Grass Lake SD 36 (Antioch) | $120,375 | $31,650 | -74% |
| 35 | Lake Zurich CUSD 95 | $3,747,173 | $965,408 | -74% |
| 36 | Fremont SD 79 (Mundelein) | $1,509,842 | $386,420 | -74% |
| 37 | Bannockburn SD 106 | $130,976 | $32,755 | -75% |
| 38 | Barrington CUSD 220 | $5,986,957 | $1,461,181 | -76% |
| 39 | Emmons SD 33 (Antioch) | $215,511 | $51,346 | -76% |
| 40 | North Shore SD 112 (Highland Park) | $3,045,456 | $716,913 | -77% |
| 41 | Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96 (Buffalo Grove) | $2,174,575 | $506,681 | -77% |
| 42 | Aptakisic-Tripp CCSD 102 (Buffalo Grove) | $1,503,875 | $335,769 | -78% |
| 43 | Mundelein CHSD 120 | $1,735,444 | $385,945 | -78% |
| 44 | Hawthorn CCSD 73 (Vernon Hills) | $3,274,969 | $662,865 | -80% |
| 45 | Fox Lake GSD 114 (Spring Grove) | $972,796 | $155,118 | -84% |
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