FCDL Comment:
MR1: The dollars requested were reduced from $786,817.88 to $758,031.86 to remove the costs associated with the following entities that are not eligible for funding under the 2-in-5 Rule for Internal Connections: BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL# 36357 and PARK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL#36558 for $28,786.02. Starting in Funding Year 2005, eligible entities will only be able to receive support for Internal Connections in two in every five funding years. For each eligible entity, the five-year period begins in any year, starting with Funding Year 2005, in which that entity receives support for Internal Connections.