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When Illinois overhauled its school funding formula almost two years ago, it took so much time and effort that lawmakers built in a provision designed...
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More than two dozen school districts learned last week that they're eligible for property tax relief grants from the Illinois State Board of Education....
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The Illinois State Board of Education voted unanimously to ask the General Assembly to practically double state funding for public schools.Last summer,…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner has boasted that fixing the woefully inequitable Illinois school-funding formula was his top accomplishment of the past year.But he…
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An education funding overhaul failed in the Illinois House, leaving money for more than 800 districts uncertain.The legislation filed Monday provides a…
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Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said it's likely she will have to skip another payment to the state’s public school districts as the result of a…
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The Illinois State Senate spent Sunday in session, where Senators voted 38 to 19 to override Gov. Bruce Rauner's amendatory veto of the new school funding…
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Nearly 1,000 Chicago Public Schools employees — including 356 teachers — are getting pink slips due to projected decreases in student enrollment and…
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Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner Tuesday vetoed significant portions of legislation that would overhaul the way Illinois funds public schools. Much of the…
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The new state budget will fund Illinois colleges and universities at the level they received in 2015 — minus 10 percent. But there’s one area of higher…