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The FY 2025 PTRG application period is now open.

Applications are due by midnight January 8, 2025. 

Log into IWAS to apply.

The Property Tax Relief Grant (PTRG) was created with the passage of Evidence-Based Funding and modified by Public Act 101 – 0017. Districts are ranked in order of grant priority by a value of district Adjusted Operating Tax Rate divided by the Average Operating Tax Rate for districts within each organization type.  Grants will be awarded in the order of that ranking.

Determining the maximum possible abatement amount will now be completed in 2 step​s:

  1. Step 1: ISBE must calculate a district's Real Adjusted EAV amount multiplied by a factor that varies by organization type. That factor is 1% for a Unit, 0.69% for an Elementary and 0.31% for a High School.

  2. Step 2: The value determined in Step 1 is further modified by multiplying that value by the Local Capacity Percentage Multiplier.  This value is equal to (1- Local Capacity Percentage).

These 2 steps result in the Maximum Abatement amount.  Calculating the grant amount is equal to the Maximum Abatement multiplied by the Property Tax Multiplier or (1 – LCP2).

If there are insufficient funds available to fully fund the initial possible grant amount of the last district to qualify for the grant, a revised calculation is made. The final district qualifying may receive a grant equal to the remaining funds appropriated for PTRG.  The abatement amount for that district is backed into by dividing the grant amount possible by the Property Tax Multiplier.

Property Tax Relief Grant amounts received in FY 2025 will be included in future calculations of those districts' Base Funding Minimum amounts, per 18-8.15 of the School Code. Per Public Act 101 – 0017, participating districts are required to abate taxes for 2 consecutive years to receive the grant in their Base Funding Minimum. Failure to abate in the second year will result in the removal of the grant from the district's Base Funding Minimum in the following and all future years.

Future grant amounts are subject to appropriations.

There will be $49.8 million in new Property Tax Relief Grants (PTRG) for FY 2025. All prior year grant recipients will continue to receive the PTRG in their Base Funding Minimum.​​​​​​​​​​

 Prior Year Grants

 Frequently Asked Questions







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