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Board approves tentative 2025'26 budget; administrators warn of state and federal revenue uncertainty

5832014 · September 5, 2025
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Chief financial staff presented the 2025'26 tentative budget and discussed drops in CPPRT revenue, evidence-based funding adequacy, levy rules and projects on hold; the board approved the tentative budget with one abstention.

JOLIET, Ill. ' The Joliet Township High School District 204 Board approved the district's 2025'26 tentative budget Monday after hearing a presentation about revenue assumptions, shifts in state funding and planned construction spending.

Dr. Hampton, the district's budget presenter, told the board the corporate personal property replacement tax (CPPRT) the district receives fell roughly 32 percent year over year, from about $16.3 million to $10.8 million, and cautioned that federal and state funding streams remain uncertain. Evidence-based funding adequacy for the district has declined to the low…

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