House OKs funding for cooperative high school

The Catlin, Jamaica and Oakwood school districts are a step closer to securing millions in state funding to help build a cooperative high school in Vermilion County.

The Illinois House on Tuesday passed legislation appropriating $25 million for the design and construction of the school, which would be the first of its kind in the state. The bill now goes to the state Senate.

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