holmes 082724AURORA — State Senator Linda Holmes announced that five school districts across the area will receive over $4 million in additional funding to help address the financial challenges of recent years.

“This is a commitment to our children to ensure a comprehensive learning environment,” said Holmes (D-Aurora). “We’re continuing to prioritize evidence-based funding for the schools that need it most, whatever your ZIP code may be.”

The funding comes from the 2017 Illinois Senate Democrat-backed evidence-based funding formula — an overhaul of the way the state funds K-12 education. The law made school funding more equitable by calculating the needs of individual school districts and basing its state revenue on those needs. The formula takes into account a district’s total enrollment, poverty rate and number of special education or English language learners, among other factors.

Local schools set to receive funding through the formula:

  • Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204: $635,647
  • Batavia Unit School District 101: $4,597
  • Aurora West Unit School District 129: $3,524,962
  • Charles Community Unit School District 303: $10,513
  • Geneva Community Unit School District 304: $4,394

The Fiscal Year 2025 budget invested $350 million statewide in new funding into students’ success through the evidence-based funding model.

For more information on the FY 25 evidence-based funding distribution, visit the Illinois State Board of Education’s website.