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Old Posted Oct 2, 2019, 9:02 PM
IrishIllini IrishIllini is offline
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Originally Posted by Handro View Post
Why are communities in other states able to have good schools without insane local property taxes? Are school districts in IL overly dependent on local taxes?
Yes. The state of Illinois doesn’t provide much educational funding at all. I believe the funding that is provided is allocated based on need. School districts live and die by their local tax base.
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