school funding

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has approved legislation to increase state funding for education, ensuring classrooms remain open amid an ongoing budget fight. The Republican signed a bill Wednesday that provides $269 million more to K-12 and early childhood education in the fiscal year that begins July 1...

Dave Dahl -- Illinois Radio Network The sponsor of a bill which would change the way public schools are funded in Illinois is hoping to pick up where he left off last year. The last General Assembly adjourned with only the Senate having considered – and passed – a change to emphasize need in determining which school districts receive how much money...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers are preparing to once again consider a proposed overhaul of a school funding formula that would direct more state money to poorer rural districts at the expense of wealthier suburban ones. A Tuesday hearing will be the first time the issue is addressed since November's election...

Jim Anderson -- Illinois Radio Network Illinois Senate Republicans have introduced a bill on education funding. The measure would require the state to cover the full recommended per-pupil amount of general state aid recommended by the Education Funding Advisory Board, an amount the state now covers at 89 percent “We will fully fund the foundation formula – no proration, we will fully fund the form

Jim Anderson -- Illinois Radio Network A handful of school superintendents are jumping on board a proposal to change the way the state distributes money to school districts. They’re for S.B. 16, sponsored by State Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill), which adjusts the funding formula to take into account not only the level of poverty in a school district, but also the amount of taxable property wealth