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Ohio Community High School District 505 eligible for ISBE’s property tax relief grant

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Ohio Community High School District 505 in Bureau County is eligible to receive Property Tax Relief Grants, the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) announced today.

To receive the grant, the district must submit an abatement resolution reducing property taxes to the county clerk and the ISBE by March 30. 

In all, 28 Illinois school districts are eligible to receive the grants, which are expected to bring homeowners across the state approximately $56.9 million in property tax relief, the ISBE said.  

“Shifting more of the responsibility for education funding to the state makes our system fairer and more equitable,” State Superintendent of Education Tony Smith said in a statement. “Local property wealth should not determine the educational resources available to a child. The Property Tax Relief Grant takes a critical step toward uplifting families and communities.”

The grant money is part of the minimum $350 million appropriated by lawmakers to the state’s schools under the Evidence-Based Funding (EBF) each year. It will cover local property tax reductions up to the statutory limit and will be part of the district’s future EBF Base Funding Minimum.

In its first year of implementation, 373 districts applied for the Property Tax Relief Grants. The grant is awarded to those districts with the highest unit equivalent tax rate compared to all the districts that apply.

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Districts Eligible for the FY2019 Property Tax Relief Grant

DistrictCounty
Antioch Community High School District 117Lake County
Argo Community High School District 217Cook County
Bloom Township High School District 206Cook County
Bremen Community High School District 228Cook County
Community High School District 218Cook County
Dolton School District 148Cook County
Elementary School District 159Cook County
Evergreen Park Community High School District 231Cook County
Ford Heights School District 169Cook County
Gen. George Patton School District 133Cook County
Grayslake Community High School District 127Lake County
Homewood Flossmoor Community High School District 233Cook County
Lansing School District 158Cook County
Leyden Community High School District 212Cook County
Oak Lawn Community High School District 229Cook County
Oak Park & River Forest District 200Cook County
Ohio Community High School District 505Bureau County
Park Forest School District 163Cook County
Rantoul Township High School District 193Champaign
Reavis Township High School District 220Cook County
Rich Township High School District 227Cook County
Rock Falls Township High School District 301Whiteside County
St. Anne Community High School District 302Kankakee County
Thornton Fractional Township High School District 215Cook County
Thornton Township High School District 205Cook County
Township High School District 211Cook County
Zion Elementary School District 6Lake County
Zion-Benton Township High School District 126Lake County
Source: Illinois State Board of Education

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