Over 32 years in education, School District 55 Supt. Larry Horton has never seen a funding crisis like the one that governed the construction of the 2003-04 budget.
The district budget committee approved the proposed budget on May 6. The budget must be published, and the School Board must hold a hearing before adopting the budget on June 9.
The 2003-04 budget was based on a $4.8 million state funding level, the same provided in…