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NSSEO outlines $55 million budget; Wheeling 21 faces higher tuition costs as placements rise
Summary
NSSEO leaders told the Wheeling CCSD 21 board that the cooperative's preliminary 2026-27 budget is about $55 million while District 21's NSSEO tuition bill is projected to rise by roughly $1.1 million next year as placements increase to an estimated 59 students.
Dr. Meg Schnoor, superintendent of the Northwest Suburban Special Education Organization (NSSEO), and Gavin McGinn, NSSEO's assistant superintendent for business services, presented NSSEO's preliminary 2026-27 budget to the Wheeling CCSD 21 board on April 16.
NSSEO's projected budget for next year is "about $55 million," McGinn said, a figure he described as "a 4.34% decrease from our current budget," largely because a capital HVAC project is concluding. NSSEO operates a zero-balance budget, McGinn said, meaning projected revenues and expenditures are matched and any year-end surpluses are returned to member districts.
For District 21, the presentation…
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