By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News

Area school officials are waiting for Springfield to make decisions before a lot of the budgeting process can wrap up before the new school year begins in the fall.

Mark Jontry, Regional Superintendent of Schools for Livingston, McLean and DeWitt counties, with the addition of Logan County July 1, weighed in on the situation in Springfield during Community Forum with Todd Wineburner yesterday morning.

“I guess, from my perspective, we’re expecting to see some type of a budget sooner rather than later in the next month,” Jontry. “By all accounts, it seems like both the Republicans and Democrats are interested in putting more money into K-12 education, so what that actually looks like in the end, we’ll see.”

The full interview can be found at wjez.com.