McLean County Times

McLean County residents would pay $106,879,245 more in state income taxes if the state agrees to increase school funding by $7.2 billion, according to a McLean County Times analysis of Illinois Department of Revenue data.

Superintendent Tony Smith called for increasing K-12 public schools funding to $50 billion next year, or $27,000 per student. Smith hasn’t said where he expects the new money to come from.

The state raised income taxes by 32 percent just six months ago, in part to fund a new school spending plan. If the superintendent's plan goes through unchanged, Hudson residents would see the largest average increase in McLean County at $1,839 per household.

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How much more will your community pay?

City	Zip	Current income tax	Income tax under proposed plan	Increase by zip code	Average household increase
Hudson	61748	$6,880,500	$9,321,434	$2,440,934	$1,839
Bloomington	61705	$28,908,000	$39,163,433	$10,255,433	$1,736
Bloomington	61704	$78,210,000	$105,955,864	$27,745,864	$1,619
Towanda	61776	$2,927,856	$3,966,546	$1,038,690	$1,550
Downs	61736	$3,309,703	$4,483,857	$1,174,154	$1,372
Carlock	61725	$2,785,783	$3,774,071	$988,288	$1,316
Stanford	61774	$1,606,073	$2,175,846	$569,773	$1,252
Lexington	61753	$4,629,619	$6,272,028	$1,642,409	$1,183
Heyworth	61745	$6,484,500	$8,784,948	$2,300,448	$1,173
Le Roy	61752	$6,583,500	$8,919,070	$2,335,570	$1,169
Gridley	61744	$3,041,429	$4,120,409	$1,078,980	$1,168
Campus	60920	$259,421	$351,453	$92,032	$1,165
Danvers	61732	$3,174,262	$4,300,366	$1,126,104	$1,144
Strawn	61775	$479,554	$649,681	$170,127	$1,127
Ellsworth	61737	$783,868	$1,061,954	$278,086	$1,117
Flanagan	61740	$2,173,629	$2,944,748	$771,119	$1,116
Normal	61761	$57,420,000	$77,790,381	$20,370,381	$1,114
Graymont	61743	$362,857	$491,584	$128,727	$1,100
Fairbury	61739	$7,128,000	$9,656,737	$2,528,737	$1,082
Colfax	61728	$1,866,081	$2,528,094	$662,013	$1,069
Long Point	61333	$498,027	$674,707	$176,680	$1,064
Emington	60934	$338,473	$458,550	$120,077	$1,053
Arrowsmith	61722	$720,308	$975,845	$255,537	$1,030
Anchor	61720	$306,299	$414,962	$108,663	$1,025
Mc Lean	61754	$1,678,985	$2,274,624	$595,639	$1,022
Cornell	61319	$1,628,581	$2,206,338	$577,757	$1,015
Ancona	61311	$323,174	$437,823	$114,649	$1,015
Cooksville	61730	$473,449	$641,410	$167,961	$1,012
Bellflower	61724	$621,114	$841,461	$220,347	$1,011
Forrest	61741	$2,163,061	$2,930,431	$767,370	$999
Blackstone	61313	$336,707	$456,158	$119,451	$995
Dwight	60420	$6,286,500	$8,516,706	$2,230,206	$988
Chenoa	61726	$3,360,115	$4,552,153	$1,192,038	$968
Shirley	61772	$523,873	$709,723	$185,850	$968
Odell	60460	$1,832,062	$2,482,006	$649,944	$961
Pontiac	61764	$15,196,500	$20,587,627	$5,391,127	$936
Chatsworth	60921	$1,671,475	$2,264,449	$592,974	$928
Bloomington	61701	$41,283,000	$55,928,602	$14,645,602	$920
Cullom	60929	$842,613	$1,141,540	$298,927	$884
Saybrook	61770	$1,281,423	$1,736,023	$454,600	$873
Cropsey	61731	$264,193	$357,918	$93,725	$860
Saunemin	61769	$626,484	$848,736	$222,252	$836
			Total	$106,879,245

Sources: Illinois Department of Revenue; Blockshopper.com; Illinois State Board of Education