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The state's education chief says that the $350 million boost promised to public schools this year will be distributed beginning in April. State schools…
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The state's education agency wants to hire a "storyteller" to relay "amazing" stories from Illinois' public schools while lawmakers are still trying…
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Local school superintendents are telling an Illinois House panel that the changes Gov. Bruce Rauner made to school-funding legislation will hurt their…
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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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The Illinois Senate has approved a two-year property tax freeze. Democratic Senate President John Cullerton of Chicago pushed two property-tax freezes…
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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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Some Illinois school districts are revamping their summer school programs this year with virtual programs designed to allow students to complete lessons…
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Yet another plan to address the state’s lopsided school funding structure has been filed. This measure would freeze funding at current levels for all…
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Beth Purvis serves as Gov . Bruce Rauner's Secretary of Education, and she headed the 25-member commission he tasked with finding a way to make Illinois...
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The continuing budget impasse has left schools facing the possibility of starting the next school year without any state funds. Governor Bruce Rauner is…