The District 233 school board voted Tuesday, Feb. 15, to reduce property taxes by $1.75 million in exchange for receiving $1.7 million in additional state funding.
This is the third time the state has made the funding available to Homewood-Flossmoor High School, with the stipulation that it abate taxes over two years. The money was not available in fiscal 2020-21, according to Lawrence Cook, chief school business official.
Illinois has shifted its school funding formula…
