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CHICAGO (AP) - The Democratic Illinois Senate president wants Gov. Bruce Rauner to forgo his planned veto of education-funding legislation. John Cullerton…
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Chicago Public Schools officials are promising that school will open on time regardless of whether a critical funding law is enacted. Forrest Claypool is…
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Chicago Public Schools says it has taken out a $275 million short-term loan so it can meet its obligations with the teachers' pension fund by a June 30…
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Illinois lawmakers this week approved a measure that would overhaul the state’s inequitable school funding formula. It passed with Democratic support, and…
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A plan to overhaul Illinois' school funding formula has prevailed as a highlight for advocates in a legislative session marked largely by futility.…
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Lawmakers of both parties, and even Gov . Bruce Rauner , agree that Illinois doesn't fund schools in an equitable manner. But with the legislative...
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Chicago Public Schools plans to take out a $389 million short-term loan to get the financially struggling district through the end of the school year and…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An updated method of funding public schools in Illinois won wide Senate support Wednesday, but Gov. Bruce Rauner's office came…
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Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's chief education adviser says the governor won't support an overhaul of Illinois' school-funding formula if it benefits…
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A federal judge has sentenced the former head of Chicago Public Schools to more than four years in prison for steering $23 million in city contracts to…