Rhodes Elementary School is governed by Rhodes SD 84-5 (River Grove), which is expected to lose a higher percentage of state funds than any other school district in the western portion of Cook County.
Rhodes Elementary School is governed by Rhodes SD 84-5 (River Grove), which is expected to lose a higher percentage of state funds than any other school district in the western portion of Cook County.
West Cook County schools would be net winners of state funding under a bill that passed the Illinois State Senate Wednesday.
Collectively, the western part of the county's 38 school districts would get approximately $9.9 million per year more from the state's school funding formula, a 3 percent increase from their 2015 funding levels, according to an Illinois State Board of Education analysis obtained by West Cook News.
Four state Senators representing west Cook County -- Antonio Munoz (D-Chicago), Mattie Hunter (D-Chicago), Patricia Van Pelt (D-Chicago) and Martin Sandoval (D-Chicago) -- voted "yes" on Senate Bill 1, which passed 35-18 with three Senators voting present.
Rhodes School District 84-5 (89% decrease), Forest Park School District 91 (86% decrease), Union Ridge School District 86 (84% decrease), Leyden School District 212 (84% decrease), Westchester School District 92.5 (82% decrease), Hillside School District 93 (82% decrease), LaGrange School District 105 (80% decrease), Pennoyer School District 79 (80% decrease), Norridge School District 80 (80% decrease), Ridgewood School District 234 (79% decrease), Komarek School District 94 (79% decrease), Riverside School District 96 (78% decrease), Rosemont School District 78 (78% decrease), Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208 (76% decrease), River Forest School District 90 (76% decrease), Mannheim School District 83 (76% decrease), Oak Park & River Forest School District 200 (75% decrease), Lyons Township School District 204 (74% decrease), LaGrange Highlands School District 106 (74% decrease), Pleasantdale School District 107 (73% decrease), Western Springs School District 101 (73% decrease), Oak Park School District 97 (64% decrease), LaGrange School District 102 (45% decrease), Schiller Park School District 81 (36% decrease), Franklin Park School District 84 (34% decrease) and Brookfield School District 95 (34% decrease) would all be losers if Senate Bill 1 is enacted into law.
Berkeley School District 87 (28% increase), River Grove School District 85.5 (26% increase), Elmwood Park School District 401 (25% increase) and Berwyn North School District 98 (21% increase) all stand to receive more state funding from the bill.
Senate Bill 1, sponsored by State Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill), includes a $385 million bailout of Chicago Public Schools, which face bankruptcy due to years of deficit spending.
The state funding cuts wouldn't take effect immediately. Manar's bill also includes a temporary "hold harmless" clause that would effectively delay them for two years.
The ISBE analysis was conducted last summer, after Manar unveiled his school funding proposal. It is the last known analysis of the bill.
Gov. Bruce Rauner has vowed to veto the legislation should it reach his desk.
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How does your district fare under the state's new proposed school funding formula?
Senate Bill 1 promises a fairer distribution of state funding to local school districts. In Cook County, it takes from some and gives to others.
| Rank | School District | Current State Funding | New State Funding | Change |
| 1 | Berkeley SD 87 | $10,837,607 | $13,875,918 | 28% |
| 2 | River Grove SD 85-5 | $1,276,157 | $1,603,908 | 26% |
| 3 | Elmwood Park CUSD 401 | $10,036,609 | $12,553,480 | 25% |
| 4 | Berwyn North SD 98 | $19,919,181 | $24,139,601 | 21% |
| 5 | Berwyn South SD 100 | $17,564,235 | $21,046,232 | 20% |
| 6 | JS Morton HSD 201 (Cicero) | $39,385,015 | $46,722,508 | 19% |
| 7 | Lyons SD 103 | $5,876,334 | $6,907,928 | 18% |
| 8 | Bellwood SD 88 | $12,892,602 | $15,037,076 | 17% |
| 9 | Lindop SD 92 (Broadview) | $1,018,274 | $1,187,616 | 17% |
| 10 | Proviso Twp HSD 209 (Forest Park) | $13,414,514 | $15,580,772 | 16% |
| 11 | Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview-89 | $31,839,229 | $36,602,558 | 15% |
| 12 | Cicero SD 99 | $86,962,499 | $99,235,726 | 14% |
| 13 | Brookfield SD 95 | $1,126,137 | $739,317 | -34% |
| 14 | Franklin Park SD 84 | $2,243,972 | $1,472,547 | -34% |
| 15 | Schiller Park SD 81 | $2,836,915 | $1,815,231 | -36% |
| 16 | LaGrange Park SD 102 | $3,103,236 | $1,714,230 | -45% |
| 17 | Oak Park ESD 97 | $10,342,824 | $3,736,370 | -64% |
| 18 | Western Springs SD 101 | $914,232 | $248,182 | -73% |
| 19 | Pleasantdale SD 107 (Burr Ridge) | $467,070 | $125,535 | -73% |
| 20 | LaGrange Highlands SD 106 | $520,513 | $137,204 | -74% |
| 21 | Lyons Twp HSD 204 | $2,616,427 | $687,561 | -74% |
| 22 | Oak Park & River Forest SD 200 | $2,217,381 | $549,650 | -75% |
| 23 | Mannheim SD 83 (Franklin Park) | $5,567,708 | $1,362,560 | -76% |
| 24 | River Forest SD 90 | $975,703 | $235,963 | -76% |
| 25 | Riverside Brookfield Twp SD 208 | $1,062,368 | $255,349 | -76% |
| 26 | Rosemont ESD 78 | $231,006 | $51,890 | -78% |
| 27 | Riverside SD 96 | $1,328,657 | $295,823 | -78% |
| 28 | Komarek SD 94 (North Riverside) | $423,998 | $89,481 | -79% |
| 29 | Ridgewood CHSD 234 (Norridge) | $734,213 | $151,298 | -79% |
| 30 | Norridge SD 80 | $984,128 | $200,167 | -80% |
| 31 | Pennoyer SD 79 (Norridge) | $390,654 | $78,984 | -80% |
| 32 | LaGrange SD 105 South | $1,326,009 | $263,582 | -80% |
| 33 | Hillside SD 93 | $614,300 | $110,415 | -82% |
| 34 | Westchester SD 92-5 | $1,281,189 | $229,056 | -82% |
| 35 | Leyden CHSD 212 (Franklin Park) | $4,353,575 | $708,178 | -84% |
| 36 | Union Ridge SD 86 (Harwood Heights) | $736,139 | $115,652 | -84% |
| 37 | Forest Park SD 91 | $1,354,745 | $188,569 | -86% |
| 38 | Rhodes SD 84-5 (River Grove) | $1,446,231 | $153,980 | -89% |
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