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Glen Ellyn SD 41 posts tentative FY25 budget, budgets $24.28 million this year for full‑day kindergarten project
Summary
The Glen Ellyn SD 41 board received a tentative FY25 budget that assumes a $2.5 million property‑tax increase, reduced federal Title funding, strong interest earnings, and large capital spending for a $28 million full‑day kindergarten project (about $24.28M budgeted this fiscal year). The board placed the tentative budget on public display and scheduled a public hearing.
The Glen Ellyn SD 41 Board of Education on Aug. 12 approved placing the district’s tentative fiscal 2025 budget on public display and scheduled a public hearing, after receiving a presentation from the district budget lead.
The presentation said the district is assuming a property‑tax revenue increase of “approximately $2,500,000 based on the CPI … 3.4%,” modestly lower federal Title funding than prior years and an unusually strong year of interest earnings. "Federal funding is expected to be a little lower this year," the presenter said, and the packet shows a $468,000 reduction in Title 1/2/3 revenue compared with prior years. The budget also assumes $2.7 million in interest income and a Corporate Personal Property Replacement Tax (CPPRT) estimate of $2.4 million — about $800,000 below the district’s recent rolling average.
The largest single item in the tentative budget is the full‑day kindergarten capital project. The presentation described the project as a roughly $28,000,000 undertaking and said the district plans to charge about $24,280,000 to this fiscal year, with the remainder likely budgeted in the following fiscal year depending on construction timing.
On expenditures, the district said most department budgets show modest inflationary adjustments and noted existing salary formulas tied to GAIA and AFSCME contracts are included with a 5% forecast. The tentative budget also earmarks increased spending for a literacy adoption (about $430,000) and anticipates roughly $310,000 for technology replacements (network switches reaching end of life). The packet noted FY24 consulting and architectural fees of about $1.3 million incurred to get the capital project to the construction phase.
Board members asked for further breakdowns — including line‑item staffing changes and the timing of capital outlays — and the district said more detail would be provided with the final budget next month. The board approved the motion to display the tentative budget for public review and to set a public hearing date.
What happens next: the district will post the tentative budget for public inspection and hold the scheduled hearing before adopting a final FY25 budget.
