With Governor Bruce Rauner’s signature now on Senate Bill 1947, local school superintendents are reacting to the passing of school funding reform in Illinois.

Pana School District Superintendent Jason Bauer says he and his school superintendent counterparts are breathing a huge sigh of relief.

Darrell Gordon, the superintendent of the Cowden-Herrick School District, says his district’s plan was to borrow money if necessary, which isn’t ideal.

In Nokomis, superintendent Dr. Scott Doerr says his district can finally plan for the future of the district, and worry about the quality of education rather than how much money will come in.

School districts are expecting to receive the August state aid payments that were allotted in the state budget now that a school funding formula has been signed into law.