The subsidy Wabash Community Unit School District 348 received through state taxes decreased 27.1 percent from fiscal year 2008 to 2017, adjusted for inflation, according to a SE Illinois News analysis of public schools data.
At Dahlgren Elementary School, a 31.8-point achievement gap persisted between with individualized education plans and without individualized education plans students in 2017.
The subsidy Carrier Mills Stonefort Community Unit School District 2 received through state taxes decreased 24.7 percent from fiscal year 2008 to 2017, adjusted for inflation, according to a SE Illinois News analysis of public schools data.
The truancy rate at Geff Elementary School rose to 21 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a SE Illinois News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
Elizabethtown Democrat Natalie Finnie received $105,825 in campaign contributions from personal injury lawyers at the direction of House Speaker Michael Madigan.