Doctors, lawyers, and teachers are required to take continuing education courses. Rockford-area Senator Dave Syverson wants to know why the same rules don’t apply for elected officials. Syverson’s proposal would require public officials to take an eight hour course on economics every two years.
”Because without that you make decisions that may emotionally make sense but, in the end, end up hurting the very people that they want to help,” Syverson said.
Syverson says he’s tried to drum up support for this plan in previous years, but says this attempt could be different because he says he feels he has more support from the governor's office.
An economic education group at Northern Illinois University would set-up the course with approval from the Illinois Community College Board.
The elected officials themselves would have to cover the cost.
