District 211 adopts 2025-26 fiscal year budget after public hearing; one member abstains

The Township High School District 211 Board of Education voted to adopt the 2025-26 fiscal-year budget at a regularly scheduled meeting after conducting a public hearing required under state law.

The board opened the public hearing on the 2025-26 budget under Section 5/17-1.3 of the Illinois School Code and invited public comment. One resident, Stacy Yale, addressed the board during the hearing and asked whether current district policies governing transgender access to private spaces and sports could put federal funding at risk. Yale requested that, if the risk were real or unknown, the board consider postponing instruction until the spring semester to protect federal funding.

After the public hearing closed, the board voted to adopt the budget as presented. The roll call recorded Mr. Van Dyke as abstain, Mr. Dombrowski as no and other members voting aye. The motion passed. Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent, and Lauren Hummel, chief operating officer, were listed as the recommending officials for the budget.

Board members did not make changes to the proposed budget during the meeting. The hearing and subsequent adoption complied with the district's requirement to publish cash balances in agenda items 7D and 9A and to hold the public hearing before adoption.

The public record includes the speaker's questions about potential federal funding implications; the board did not provide an immediate legal determination at the meeting. Any follow-up on the specific funding-risk question would come through staff, legal counsel or future board action.