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Skokie D69 board approves 2025 tax levy filings amid state grant pause
Summary
The Skokie-Morton Grove School District 69 Board on Dec. 16 approved resolutions adopting the 2025 tax levy amounts and instructing the Cook County Clerk on levy reductions; administrators said a paused state Property Tax Relief Grant reduced potential state funding the district might have received.
The Board of Education for Skokie-Morton Grove School District 69 approved a resolution on Dec. 16 authorizing the amounts to be levied for the 2025 levy year and directed the Board president and secretary to sign and file the Certification of Tax Levy with Cook County.
Superintendent Dr. Margaret Clauson told the Board the district previously received Property Tax Relief Grant funds in FY24 — abating $1,932,283 in taxes for two years — and now receives an additional $1,647,292 in Evidence-Based Funding (EBF) annually as a result of prior grant awards. She said the Illinois General Assembly paused funding for the Property Tax Relief Grant for FY26, reducing the annual EBF increase by $43 million and removing an opportunity for additional state revenue the district likely would have qualified for.
The Board also approved a companion resolution instructing the county clerk how to apportion 2025 levy-extension reductions for district funds. Board action on both resolutions was recorded under the action portion of the meeting and carried as presented (see meeting minutes). The meeting record shows the resolutions were approved as presented; no roll-call objections were recorded.
