Thursday, November 20, 2008 East Central Illinois

New law allows school to avoid money penalty for closures

By Amy F. Reiter
Monday, August 18, 2008 9:22 AM CDT

When schools are forced to shut down for a day for whatever reason, be it a death threat or a tornado, the repercussions go beyond the physical damage of the acts and the lost learning time, said state Rep. Bill Black, R-Danville.

Up until last week, schools lost a portion of their state aid because of that missed day at school, a loss that could amount to thousands of dollars, Black said, and one that newly passed House Bill 4309 purports to solve.

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