A new law that could push school districts to study possible consolidation, aiming for efficiency and savings, but critics warn it could threaten local control.
House Bill 2966 creates a state grant program for districts to study potential reorganization, but former State Representative Jim Nowlan doubts it will drive much change given communities’ strong ties to their schools.
Nowlan noted that consolidation can make sense in some cases, but in La Salle County, where seven or more grade school districts feed into La Salle-Peru High School, but the issue is often highly emotional.
The bill passed unanimously out of the House and Senate.
Story from Illinois Radio Network
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