After 736 days, Illinois finally has a budget. But it’s not all good news: At the moment, funding is locked up for all of the state’s public schools. Will schools open on time?
Illinois School Funding Reform Commission
Feb 1, 2017 |
Another commission, another report on school funding reform. Will lawmakers’ recommendations create a new formula?
Jan 24, 2017 |
A team of Illinois legislators has spent the past six months looking for some way to fix the state’s broken education funding model. But with only a week left before its final report is due, concerns have surfaced about how soon any changes will be made.
Aug 3, 2016 |
Illinois may become the ninth state since 2000 to adopt a new education funding system, and state leaders are hoping a new reform commission can figure out how its current formula can be fixed.
