A member of Governor Bruce Rauner's school funding reform commission says he’s disappointed in the governor’s budget proposal, announced Wednesday.
State Senator Andy Manar, a Democrat from Bunker Hill, says he hoped the group's recommendations would be reflected in Rauner’s plan. The governor instead suggested adding more money to the existing formula, which both Democrats and Republicans have denounced as inequitable.
"He could've submitted a budget to us that acknowledges his own commission's work and puts a downpayment on what his own commission says is important, and he didn't do that. And that's beyond disappointing because that's not going to help us get a bill passed," Manar said.
Rauner did follow the commission's recommendations to stop cutting state money schools are supposed to get for transportation and bilingual education.
