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Last August, when Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed the historic school funding reform plan, the celebration was like the political version of a…
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Illinois school districts are due to receive state funds Aug. 10, but that can't happen until lawmakers either override Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of Senate…
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Two school funding plans progressed in the Illinois legislature Wednesday. A plan sponsored by Sen. Andy Manar was approved in the Senate, while in the...
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Comptroller Susana Mendoza says she’s not sure when school districts will receive state money owed to them for the rest of this school year. Mendoza’s...
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A Chicago law firm representing a group of mostly rural school superintendents sued the state of Illinois Wednesday. They're asking Governor Bruce Rauner…
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The Grand Bargain is a package of interlocking legislation designed to break the state budget impasse in Illinois. How important is school funding to that…
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Illinois Speaker of the House Mike Madigan today announced that he will re-convene hearings on the state’s education funding formula. The state's curren...
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Funding solutions for the Monmouth-Roseville School District remain unknown after a proposed hike in the education fund tax rate was voted down in…
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Voters will decide whether to grant the Monmouth-Roseville School District a 75-cent tax rate increase for the education fund. Salaries and most other…
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Critics of the way Illinois funds schools say it's wrong that the quality of a child's education is based largely on his/her zip code.Illinois schools are…