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District 211 reviews 2024 tax levy scenarios as board seeks more lower‑levy options
Summary
District 211 administration recommended a levy close to the PTELL cap and outlined four scenarios including partial recapture of previously abated levies. Board members asked for additional scenarios below the PTELL baseline and pressed for clearer enrollment, revenue and expenditure assumptions.
District 211 administrators presented a recommended 2024 tax levy and multi‑year financial forecast, and board members asked staff to model additional, lower‑levy scenarios before setting a tentative amount.
Lauren Hummel, chief operating officer, and Bart Peterson, controller and treasurer, told the board the recommended levy reflects the 2024 consumer price index (3.4%) plus estimated new property growth (0.3%), and outlined four scenarios that vary by whether the district recaptures portions of a prior look‑back levy and the recapture levy assessed by Cook County. The presentation cited pressures on the budget including rising salaries (which account for roughly 85% of expenses), projected benefit increases and the end of ESSER federal relief, and said…
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