The Illinois State Board of Education is asking for $19.3 billion next year to adequately fund public schools, an amount of money equal to more than half the entire existing state budget.
If lawmakers granted the board full funding, it would represent an 86 percent increase in state money for Illinois’ public schools. In a release, the board said $11 billion would close the entire state funding gap and the rest would go to universal preschool, teacher retention programs, career-oriented learning, and other projects.
"The deep structural inequity in Illinois’ schools today did not happen by accident," State Superintendent of Education Tony Smith said in a statement. "Institutional decisions, both historical and ongoing, produce disparate and statistically predictable educational outcomes for Illinois students."
Homewood Democratic Rep. Will Davis said the state can’t afford that price tag, but he's optimistic that lawmakers can allocate more funding than last year.
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5 comments:
Well when your entire state is government /STATE assistance. So much for FREE, FREE, FREE.The people on government assistance don't give a shit
They don't work or pay taxes
It's FOR THE CHILDREN! NOT
The bottomless hole of dumbocrat policies.
It is no wonder people are leaving Illinois by the thousands each month.
Revolution may begin in Illinois.
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