Sen. Halpin

ROCK ISLAND – State Senator Mike Halpin announced that 23 school districts across Western Illinois will receive over $4 million in evidence-based funding.

“If we want to give children across Western Illinois the best opportunity for success in the modern world, it happens through education,” said Halpin (D-Rock Island). “The evidence-based funding model works; it gives extra funding to school districts to give students better outcomes.”

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.

School districts across Western Illinois set to receive funding through the formula include:

  • Abingdon-Avon School District 276: $214,751
  • Bushnell-Prairie City School District 170: $35,769
  • Carbon Cliff-Barstow School District 36: $27,518
  • Colona School District 190: $72,476
  • East Moline School District 37: $171,819
  • Galesburg School District 205: $450,160
  • Hampton School District 29: $65,868
  • Knoxville School District 202: $103,887
  • Macomb School District 185: $455,164
  • Mercer County School District 404: $33,753
  • Moline-Coal Valley School District 40: $1,100,599
  • Monmouth-Roseville School District 238: $585,874
  • Orion School District 223: $33,868
  • Riverdale School District 100: $41,668
  • Rock Island-Milan School District 41: $558,724
  • Rockridge School District 300: $14,569
  • ROWVA School District 208: $8,362
  • Sherrard School District 200: $116,468
  • Silvis School District 34: $96,356
  • United Township High School District 30: $128,930
  • West Prairie School District 103: $8,330
  • Regional Office of Education #26: $2,312
  • Regional Office of Education #33: $63,121

The Fiscal Year 2024 budget invested $350 million in new funding into students’ success through the evidence-based funding model.

For more information on the FY 24 evidence-based funding distribution, visit the Illinois State Board of Education’s website.