The Champaign Unit Four School Board will vote on a resolution to deny an application for a proposed charter school, at a special meeting Wednesday night.

Two weeks after the Champaign Historic Preservation Commission nominated three buildings for historic landmark status, the Champaign Plan Commission has recommended denying that status, to allow for the expansion of Champaign Central High School.

The Champaign Unit 4 School District has some good news after board members voted 7-0 to approve a new budget Monday night.

Proposals to raise local taxes were a mixed bag with voters in east-central Illinois. Voters approved school bond referendum in the Champaign and Paxton Buckley-Loda school districts, and said yes to sales tax hikes in Coles and Iroquois Counties. But a sales tax hike for Macon County and a property tax increase for the Maroa-Forsyth school district went down to defeat.

The Champaign Unit 4 School Board has ratified a new contract with its teachers’ union.