WAUCONDA – In an effort to restore a long-awaited school construction grant for Big Hollow School District 38, State Representative Mark Beaubien (R-Wauconda) voted today in favor of legislation to fully fund the six-year old appropriation left unfunded by the State since FY 2002.

The current legislation, House Bill 4130, would re-authorize the appropriation of the $251,812 grant to Big Hollow School District 38 in Ingleside for school construction purposes. The bill passed the House of Representatives unanimously on Tuesday. Continue reading »