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The Illinois legislature this afternoon approved a major, bipartisan overhaul of the way Illinois funds public education.Backers are calling it a landmark…
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The chief sponsor of Illinois’ education funding reform bill says he still hopes to work out a compromise with Republicans on a new version of the…
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Local school districts would have to pay pension costs for all newly-hired teachers if the General Assembly upholds Governor Bruce Rauner's rewrite of the…
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Seventeen school superintendents sued the state of Illinois today. They're asking Governor Bruce Rauner and the state board of education to come up with a…
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Illinois House members are picking up education funding reform where they say a commission convened by the governor left off. Lawmakers gathered Tuesday…
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The Illinois State Board of Education has voted to approve the settlement of a years-long lawsuit that claimed discriminatory school funding. The board's…
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After six months of meetings, a panel charged with finding a more equitable way to fund Illinois public schools wrapped up its work today.The group’s…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Despite a standstill over the Illinois budget, a group of bipartisan lawmakers has been meeting more often in recent weeks to…
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While the just-passed budget deal appropriates just a half year of funding for most government services, schools get a full year. Senate Democrats lost…
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Thanks to the ongoing budget impasse, school districts around Illinois are scrambling to figure out how to open without state funding. Schools that...