Public school administrators in Braceville School District 75 are among those earning the lowest average salary in the state, according to the latest Illinois schools report card.

Spending per pupil at Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C is up 2 percent from five years ago, according to a Will County Gazette analysis of district finances.

Administrators in Reed Custer Community Unit School District 255U earn an average of $107,736 per year, ranking 257th out of 858 districts in the state.

Too fast and too soon is what three GOP lawmakers expressed about Democrat-sponsored legislation that could alter the newly based $350 million evidence-based funding formula.

Spending per pupil at Fairmont School District 89 is down 1 percent from five years ago, according to a Will County Gazette analysis of district finances.

Administrators in Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C earn an average of $109,894 per year, ranking 222nd out of 858 districts in the state.

Public school administrators in Union School District 81 are among those earning the highest average salary in the state, according to the latest Illinois schools report card.

Administrators in Valley View Community Unit School District 365U earn an average of $90,670 per year, ranking 582nd out of 858 districts in the state.

Administrators in Troy Community Consolidated School District 30C earn an average of $87,452 per year, ranking 652nd out of 858 districts in the state.

Administrators in Taft School District 90 earn an average of $123,514 per year, ranking 107th out of 858 districts in the state.

The Morris Community YMCA raised $900 in scholarship funds at its 3rd Annual Campaign Dance-A-Thon held May 4 at White Oak Elementary School.

Springfield District 186 Superintendent Jennifer Gill is admittedly frightened over her district's lack of funding.

Administrators in Plainfield School District 202 earn an average of $94,344 per year, ranking 515th out of 858 districts in the state.

College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Parkland College in Champaign and Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville reported the largest share of borrowers at public higher education institutions who defaulted on school loans they started repaying in 2014, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.

Administrators in Peotone Community Unit School District 207U earn an average of $95,824 per year, ranking 476th out of 858 districts in the state.

Administrators in Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C earn an average of $103,657 per year, ranking 320th out of 858 districts in the state.

Administrators in Fairmont School District 89 earn an average of $93,506 per year, ranking 531st out of 858 districts in the state.

Robert Morris University baseball tops the list of highest grossing programs in Illinois, reporting more than $1.3 million – or $10,678 per athlete – in 2016, followed by Bradley University ($1.2 million), and University of Illinois at Chicago ($980,248), according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest federal data.

At Larry's Barber College in Chicago, 40.3 percent of borrowers who started repaying student loans in 2014 defaulted on those loans by the end of 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

Out of school districts in Will County, Plainfield School District 202 paid the most in penalties since 2005 for spiking employee salaries to boost outgoing teachers' retirement benefits, according to data obtained from the Teachers Retirement System of Illinois.