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T HE ENTERPRISE Your Complete Source For Plainfield News Since 1887
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Volume 125 No. 27
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PAY TO PLAY Plainfield Consolidated School District 202 officials are considering implementing a “pay to play” policy for student athletes as it continues to battle problems caused by unstable and inadequate revenues. Story on Page 2
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Hospitals’ exempt status will cost schools By Robin Ambrosia and Laura Katauskas Staff Reporters
Plainfield School District 202 received word that they need to find $750,000 to refund Edwards-Plainfield Hospital in already burdened budget. Edwards and Adventist Bolingbrook Hospitals were part of the statewide fight for hospitals’ to have tax-exempt status. The debate centered on the Illinois Department of Revenue’s policy of denying property tax exemptions for notfor-profit hospitals for the years 2008 through 2010. Edward followed the rules of the tax-exempt policy and paid property taxes on parcels with pending applications for tax-exempt status for both the Plainfield and Naperville campuses, according to an
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