Steve Dunford – franklincounty-news.com
ZEIGLER, IL- Because of a fiscal crisis, it has been well documented that the Zeigler-Royalton CUD #188 was close to not making payroll the last pay period.
I spoke to Z-R Superintendent George Wilkerson this morning. He explained the crisis comes from not receiving state payments for the Mandated Categoricals at all for the 2016-17 school year.
The Mandated Categoricals cover over 100 areas. The biggest are transportation, special education, and life-safety issues. The district received a partial back payment on December 31, 2016, for aid in these areas for the 2015-16 school year. The state has been timely on general state aid payments however.
Wilkerson says that if state payments are not released, there is financing in place, to assure the district will finish the school year. There are provisions for the district to open its doors for the start of the 2017-18 school year.
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