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Last summer, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a last-minute plan to appropriate state money to public schools. It allowed districts to open on time, but…
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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 to…
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Illinois Democrats are calling on Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner to propose legislation based on an education funding reform plan that a commission he…
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Last summer, Governor Bruce Rauner asked 20 lawmakers and a handful of educators to change how Illinois funds public schools. That bipartisan commission…
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner announced in July that he was creating a bipartisan commission to change the way the state funds public schools. That…
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The state budget impasse has forced schools to come up with plans for how they’ll open next year without state funding. It’s a decision which schools that…
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More than a dozen school superintendents have written a letter to Republican Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner accusing him of playing politics with education…
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The Illinois Senate has approved a second method for revamping school funding just days before the Legislature's scheduled adjournment.The proposal by…
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Illinois superintendents warned of school closures and staff layoffs as they implored state lawmakers to pass a budget to give them certainty for the…
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A $454 million bill to increase funding for financially struggling Illinois colleges and universities has cleared the state Senate.Lawmakers approved the…