With Governor Bruce Rauner set to make his budget address Wednesday … interest groups are already lining up to make the case for state funding.
Today, backers of higher education pointed out that Illinois has not funded colleges and universities since last summer. It’s also failed to pay for grants to thousands of low-income students.
Lynn Fisher is president of the faculty union at the University of Illinois Springfield. She says students at some schools will be on the hook for the unfunded grants.
“Imagine what it means to a student to have promised financial assistance turned into debt at the end of a college year."
Democrats and Republicans have had dueling proposals to fund the low-income tuition grants. But neither side has been willing to support the other’s legislation.
