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CAT Tracks for December 8, 2022
LOCAL SCHOOL FINANCES |
Looking back at the 2021-2022 School Year - aka Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) - in Cairo, Century, Egyptian, and Meridian.
As is indicated in the fine print of the "exhibits" provided below, every public school district in Illinois is required to prepare an "Annual Statement of Affairs Summary", make it available for public inspection in the district administrative office by December 1st, and publish it in the local newspaper.
During the past three weeks, Monday's Pub has provided this service.
If it's controversy and catty commentary you want, then venture to the archives for a replay of the corresponding editions from previous years.
For your viewing convenience, I have provided links to the most recent:
As with recent years, I have only published the "Annual Statement of Affairs Summary"...
...dispensing with the "Salary Schedule of Gross Payments for Certificated and Non-certificated Personnel" and the "Payments to Person, Firm, or Corporation Over $2,500."
Those annual statement of affairs summaries follow:
POSTSCRIPT:
The "Educational Fund" is the driving fund in school finance.
Last year, Cairo's Ed fund exceeded Century, Egyptian, and Meridian individually, but not totally. In my catty commentary, I advised Cairo to "Get crackin'". Well, by golly, (thanks to Meridian's second year in a row decrease), Cairo, with an Educational Fund of $7,769,937 did exceed the combined total of $881,290 reported by Century, Egyptian, and Meridian. Well, done!
So...
...I've said it before and I'll say it again: "In local school finances, CSD #1 is, well, still #1."
